Category: Earthquake
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October 2020 Summary – Smoke, Tsunami scares, and deceiving trends.
A very rainy, but not quite record rainy, month.
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Oct 19, 2020 – 3:45PM Update: Alaska Earthquake – Tsunami Threat Passed
UPDATE 3:45PM – No Threat of Tsunami south of Alaska The message from the Tsunami Warning Centre is out. * For other US and Canadian Pacific coasts in North America, there is no tsunami threat. UPDATE 3:15PM – No Warning for Port Alberni A 3rd message has been issued by the Tsunami Warning Centre. No…
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Great BC Shakeout Earthquake and Tsunami drill today at 10:15AM!
Are things a little different because of the Pandemic? We know that when it rains it pours. So when is a major earthquake and tsunami most likely to strike? Well during a pandemic of course! I am teasing of course but today is Great BC Shakeout day. That means at 10:15AM there will be a…
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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…