Category: Earthquake
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Record setting weekend – Calm week – Anniversary of “The Big One”
Pictured above is the sunrise this morning on the West Coast courtesy of Josie Osbourne, Mayor of Tofino Hot Weekend for January After a soggy start, it turned out to be a decent weekend and was certainly very nice and warm. We set or tied all time record high temperatures since 1900 on all stations…
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THIS IS A DRILL: MAJOR EARTHQUAKE HIT – MAJOR TSUNAMI LIKELY – HEAD TO HIGH GROUND
—– THIS IS A DRILL – ONLY A DRILL FOR BC SHAKEOUT – This is what you would see if there was a major earthquake near and tsunami likely in Port Alberni —- EVACUATE TO HIGH GROUND IMMEDIATELY YOU HAVE LESS THAN 15 MINUTES SAFE GATHER POINTS LISTED HERE CITY HALL – ECHO CENTRE – THE HOSPITAL – PACIFIC RIM…
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Updated: Great BC Shakeout Drill Thursday – great rain shakedown Friday.
Update Thursday 6:50AM: there will be a special post today at 10:16AM for the ShakeOut Drill stay tuned. I will post a forecast for Friday at around 11 when the todays first models are complete. GET READY! The International ShakeOut Day of Action is Thursday, October 16! More than 690,000 British Columbians have registered so…
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Strong Earthquake rattles Alaska – No Tsunami message for Vancouver Island
Final Update 4:50PM PDT: No Advisory or Warnings for the BC Coast. Warnings in Alaska downgraded to Advisories. (#5). You can see the latest info here: http://wcatwc.qarh.noaa.gov Looks like the quake was very deep (more than 100km) we should be ok. MT @nwsanchorage: Amchitka, #Alaska reports a #Tsunami of 0.6 feet. Depth of quake will limit…
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Vancouver Island, always on the move.
Ran across a pretty interesting article and mind boggling scientific paper today. The topic? “Slow Earthquakes”. Exciting Right!? So what is a slow earthquake? Well according to a previous study: It has been known for a long time that slip accompanying earthquakes accounts for only a fraction of plate tectonic displacements… So there is a…