Category: Earthquake
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Small Earthquake near Bamfield and Ucluelet.
Did you feel it? Submit a report. For Science! đ Click the image for more info and to put in a report. You can tell the USGS about what you felt here. No Tsunami threat. According to the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Centre: Magnitude changed from 4.4 to 4.8 back to 4.5 As…
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55 years since a 14 foot, $41 Million, âcheap lessonâ swept through Port Alberni. New report has good suggestions.
Just after midnight on March 28, 1964 a 2.5 metre (8ft) wave rushed up the âAlberni Canalâ, surprising mill workers and waking residents. Ninety minutes later it was followed by a 4 metre, (14ft) âwall of waterâ barreling in at 400km/hr, smashing structures, throwing logs and debris everywhere, and carrying homes off their foundations. The…
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Share your stories about the February 28, 2001 Seattle Earthquake. Here’s mine.
Do you remember that day? This morning John Cassidy at the Natural Resources Canada earthquake centre in Victoria tweeted about the 6.8M earthquake that happened 18 years ago today in Seattle, Washington. So I thought I would tell the story of my experience from that earthquake. I was a relatively new employee of Malaspina University…
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Three 6.0M+ quakes strike off VI. No Tsunami or Damage expected.
Late Sunday night, three large quakes occurred in rapid succession followed by 3 smaller quakes soon after. No Tsunami has been generated by any of the quakes. Here is the cluster offshore of Vancouver Island along the subduction zone. Looking more closely, here they are in the order they occurred. As you can see the…
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Every Sensor in BC over 25ug/m3 “red” – 900ug/m3 in Houston – No significant rain expected – People awakening to Human-Caused Climate Change
The provincial map from bcairquality.ca says it all. Â There is no good air in any community measured this morning. The entire province is under a blanket of smoke and it is affecting air quality in all regions. Â The hourly readings are not better. Only 2 stations in the province, Terrace and Smithers are currently…