KITAMAAT VILLAGE, B.C. -- Several people living on B.C.'s North Coast were among those sent scrambling overnight after a tsunami alert, triggered by a powerful earthquake off the coast of Alaska.

The U.S. Geological Survey reports the 8.2 magnitude quake struck off the Alaska Peninsula at around 9:15pm Pacific Time, with aftershocks of 6.1 and 5.9.

Tsunami warnings or alerts were issued in many coastal area of Alaska and B.C., including Kitamaat Village.

Skeena M.L.A. Ellis Ross said on Facebook that after the alert sounded, the village's emergency plan was activated, and "it worked! We got everybody to higher ground safely and efficiently; our emergency plan worked, we put it together a few years ago when we figured out the B.C. Emergency Plan that we actually developed didn't work, so we fixed one for ourselves that actually fit our community.

"Our emergency plan for Kitamaat Village is to move to higher ground regardless -- that means trying to get everybody out of their houses in an orderly fashion up to the upper bench in our village."

There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage to property.

Natural Resources Canada seismologist John Cassidy says in a social media post that shaking was recorded on Vancouver Island.