An earthquake rattled the waters of Vancouver Island on Thursday morning, but authorities say we don't have to worry about a tsunami despite local fears.

According to Natural Resources Canada, several quakes have rocked this area since Monday. They also say that while the quake was pretty powerful at 6.1, it evidently isn't big enough to cause a tsunami.

This morning's quake hit just after 5:30 a.m. local time, and was the largest in a series of earthquakes occurring in the seismically active region all week long.

Glen Plummer, spokesman for Emergency Management British Columbia, the province's emergency preparedness agency, said Thursday's pre-dawn earthquake was "nothing to be alarmed about," as it was "not an unusual event".

No reports of casualties or damage had come in to the agency from Vancouver Island or the surrounding area, Plummer said.

Evidently the Vancouver Island area experiences an earthquake daily, but not all of them are felt.