OTTAWA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- No damage were reported after two earthquakes hit off north of Canadian Vancouver Island in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, according to Earthquakes Canada.

They were the latest in a string of minor quakes that have hit the area over the past week.

The first one of 3.6 magnitude happened around 8:30 a.m. (1330 GMT) Wednesday, some 150 km west of Port Alice.

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It's considered an aftershock of a 6.2-magnitude earthquake in the same area Tuesday night.

The second one of 4.9 magnitude occurred around 12:45 p.m. (1745 GMT) Wednesday around 200 km west of Port Hardy.