Earthquake and Tsunami in BC...

12 years ago

There is a little bit on CNN about it.
I hope you are safe.

7.7-magnitude quake off Canada's coast triggers tsunami warning – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs

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HeySal

12 years ago

7.7 mag - only about 17.5 km deep. Queen Charlot Islands Region. We're gonna hear about this one. It's on the Cascadia subduction Zone - we might be looking at a bigger one in the next few days. Stay safe, beware of a bigger one lurking. That zone produces 9 mags and they've been waiting for the overdue one. Hopefully this will be the largest for now. Maybe it let off enough steam to quell a larger event. Only 17 km deep - will be surprised if there's no casualties unless that epicenter is fairly sparsely populated.

Edit: Might be safe - epicenter was 86 miles from the nearest population center - Masset, Canada. A tsunami is not real good news though - have to keep an eye on that. I'd be getting out of the region for awhile if I lived there.

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GBM

12 years ago

Thanks guys.

I'll try to keep myself updated on what's happening.

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Karen Blundell 12 years ago

worrisome for me - my son lives in Vancouver, BC - he moved there in February, because the job situation is better there than here in Ontario and he's been working since he got there.
Such a gorgeous province but always that underlying danger of the big earthquake!
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HeySal

12 years ago

There are tsunami warnings for Hawaii and the W. coast. The way those plates can slap, it is a warning people really need to listen to. Better safe than sorry. The quake in 1710 caused problems all over that side of the world.

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I.M.Retired

12 years ago

The Cascadia Subduction Zone is a dangerous place.

...we might be looking at a bigger one in the next few days...

Sal - scary, but possible.

Recent findings concluded the Cascadia subduction zone was more hazardous than previously suggested.

The feared next major earthquake has some geologists predicting a 10% to 14% probability that the Cascadia Subduction Zone will produce an event of magnitude 9 or higher in the next 50 years.

However, the most recent studies suggest that this risk could be as high as 37% for earthquakes of magnitude 8 or higher.

Geologists and civil engineers have broadly determined that the Pacific Northwest region is not well prepared for such a colossal earthquake. The tsunami produced may reach heights of approximately 30 meters (100 ft).

The earthquake is expected to be similar to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, as the rupture is expected to be as long as the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.

Read all about it in layman's terms: Cascadia subduction zone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

An interesting technical research paper from the Pacific Geoscience Center:

http://zipzapgo.com/pdf/cascadia.pdf (File size about 788K)

Needless to say, there is much written and readily available online about this topic, but the prospect of a major earthquake still remains a frightening reality for all those living, or with family and friends living on the west coast of Canada and the US - or anywhere along the Pacific coast, for that matter.

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Kurt

12 years ago

It's very scary. The Cascadia subduction zone is a major threat to the West Coast, as well as across the Pacific.

We've been lucky in that we haven't been hit since the population exploded. But the Cascadia subduction zone has quaked fairly routinely throughout history and there are native American legends that detail the quakes and tsunamis throughout history.

IMO, the Cascadia subduction zone is probably the biggest threat to do massive destruction to N. America, with the New Madrid Fault a close second.

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Mark Andrews

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Kurt

IMO, the Cascadia subduction zone is probably the biggest threat to do massive destruction to N. America, with the New Madrid Fault a close second.

Don't forget Kurt the Cumbre Vieja.

If that thing ever slips you can kiss the entire east coast of North America goodbye for at least 20 miles inland.

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Kurt

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Mark Andrews

Don't forget Kurt the Cumbre Vieja.

If that thing ever slips you can kiss the entire east coast of North America goodbye for at least 20 miles inland.

I didn't forget it and almost posted it, and I have posted about it (La Palma) before. The reason I didn't this time is because there's a few skeptics that say the threat is a hoax. Personally, I believe there's enough info to suggest it is a possible threat. Some claim it will create a super tsunami as high as 1000 ft.

If real, the threat isn't limited to N. America, it will affect C and S America, as well as parts of the UK, Africa and Europe.

And then there's the super volcano under Yellowstone that's "over due". It if blows, it would end society as we know it. Many in the US would die within days or weeks from the ash, while the rest of the World would die from starvation due to the sun being blocked by the ash for years, killing much of the plant and animal life world-wide.

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Mark Andrews Banned 12 years ago

40 minutes or so before you posted this Kurt concerning Yellowstone... I replied to you here mentioning the same...

http://www.warriorforum.com/off-topi...-question.html
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- Karen Blundell 12 years ago
  
  I'm happy to report that my son is safe. The earthquake struck about 200 miles south west of Prince Rupert, in the Queen Charlotte Islands.
  
  The Queen Charlotte Islands, which are also known by their official indigenous name of Haida Gwaii, comprise about 150 islands located north of Canada's Vancouver Island. Their total population is about 5,000. The Haida people make up about 45 percent of the total population.
  
  The tsunami warnings have been downgraded, and luckily there were no injuries or major damage reported.
  
  However, had this earthquake struck Vancouver, as I had feared, it would have been a disaster.
  
  My son just got a raise and is making more money there then he would ever hope to make here in Ontario. So, I doubt very much he's coming back home anytime soon. Therefore, I'm going to have to get used to the fact that he lives in a beautiful but very treacherous area of our country.
  
  I'm toying with the idea of moving to BC myself - not Vancouver, though. I'm leaning towards the Okanagan area. I've seen a couple of really cool cabins that I would live in, in a heartbeat, as long as I could have internet access, I'd be happy living among mountains and beautiful glacier-fed lakes!
  
  anyway, even where I am now in southern Ontario, we've had minor earthquakes, and we certainly have had our share of tornadoes. But we can't live our lives in fear, can we?
  
  I plan on enjoying the rest of my life, fearless, and free!
  
  Take care everyone!
  
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fin

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Kurt

And then there's the super volcano under Yellowstone that's "over due". It if blows, it would end society as we know it. Many in the US would die within days or weeks from the ash, while the rest of the World would die from starvation due to the sun being blocked by the ash for years, killing much of the plant and animal life world-wide.

That would ruin this nice shade of brown I'm trying to get to.

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HeySal

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Kurt

It's very scary. The Cascadia subduction zone is a major threat to the West Coast, as well as across the Pacific.

We've been lucky in that we haven't been hit since the population exploded. But the Cascadia subduction zone has quaked fairly routinely throughout history and there are native American legends that detail the quakes and tsunamis throughout history.

IMO, the Cascadia subduction zone is probably the biggest threat to do massive destruction to N. America, with the New Madrid Fault a close second.

We're not out of the woods with Yellowstone yet, Kurt. They think the plume got unhooked from the heat source but it's still plenty hot enough to do some major damage. New Madrid is starting to look pretty scary alright. The good thing about the New Madrid is that the population isn't all that concentrated over most of that area. But that's in old rock with no plate boundaries so a massive quake will resonate quite some distance, too.

I saw a chart that gave % of casualties if Madrid blows at different magnitudes. They didn't go past 8 mag -- and by the time it got to that point there wasn't much need to, if you get my drift.

Anyway - I'm not sure the Cascadia is done yet. I've noticed that one or two fairly large quakes always precede a massive one and am very uncomfortable about the 7 mag just experienced. It was high enough 7 (7.7) that maybe it was the big one for this lifetime. I hope that's the case anyway.

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I.M.Retired

12 years ago

A 6.4 aftershock just struck the area a short while ago.

VANCOUVER — The Haida Gwaii region continues to feel the aftershocks of a violent earthquake measuring 7.7 that jolted British Columbia's north-central coast Saturday night, frightening residents and forcing many to temporarily leave their homes for higher ground ahead of a possible tsunami.

The largest, a 6.4 magnitude tremor, struck Sunday afternoon, 136 kilometers south of Masset. There have been over 40 aftershocks in the area.

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/nat...506/story.html

They're calling this one "The second largest earthquake to hit Canada since 1949."

Map of Canada's 10 largest earthquakes: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Can...285/story.html

More info here: http://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/index-eng.php

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Speedyautohits

12 years ago

It was scarey last night. All of a sudden the emergency alert came on the tv.

I just moved to Alaska in June. We where under a Tsunami warning last night. I live on the coast on a bluff. I grabbed my computer and out the door I went.

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doitright316

12 years ago

Scary times ahead! lets hope nothing to serious happens, the world is getting worse and worse every year here in the UK the weather has changed dramatically this year.

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HeySal

12 years ago

Originally Posted by doitright316

Scary times ahead! lets hope nothing to serious happens, the world is getting worse and worse every year here in the UK the weather has changed dramatically this year.

Some of that is because the Southern oscillation has been messed up by the gulf oil spill. The water down there is too heavy to flow properly and it's screwing up water currents globally. Some of it's because of deforestation and desertification. And some of it at times is just normal occasional bad weather. We always got occasional bad weather trends depending on if we were in a El Nino or La Nina period.

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