Category: Earthquake
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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…
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Decent today then showers. Earthquake in Chile.
It won’t be quite as spectacular today as it was on Tuesday but it shouldn’t be too bad. The fog might hang around a little longer today. I’d expect it to burn off around noon. Once it does there will be high clouds but it should be around 10-12°C and dry. Tomorrow we will be…
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TSUNAMI Anniversary – Being Prepared – Rain today, then showers. Then warm Monday
On this day 50 years ago, the largest recorded Earthquake in North American, measuring 9.2, struck in Alaska. it caused huge deformations in Alaska, including Anchorage. It sent a Tsunami that wiped out much of low lying Port Alberni. It was totally unexpected, and struck around midnight so the fact there were no deaths is…