Tortorella's Rant Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 I guess that was the 'big' one they kept talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armada Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 7 foot waves expected to hit Hawaii! Yikes this is scary! This isn't big news for Hawaii, they already get 100 foot swells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanford Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Hopefully this isin't a precursor to a bigger super quake Foreshocks mayhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonLever Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Does anyone know if there is anything on any major news channels? Nothing of CBC, Global, CTV? The weather network is showing something and the BBC has spent about 10 seconds mentioning it. Can't get anything on CKNW or News 1130 either There is still live broadcast of the event on CTV right now, 5 minutes to 1:00 am. I wonder why, given it is a non-event with little damage in a remote area of BC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 A 6.4-magnitude aftershock struck off the coast of B.C.'s Haida Gwaii islands Sunday morning — less than 24 hours after Canada's strongest earthquake in more than 60 years hit the same area. Officials said the temblor hit 64 kilometres southwest of Sandspit at a depth of 19 kilometres just before noon Sunday. A tweet from Emergency Information B.C. said indicated that no tsunami alerts were issued. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/10/28/bc-quake.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 @News1130radio Seismologists predicting parts of the #LowerMainland could experience #earthquake aftershocks for up to a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex the Great Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 7.7 Magnitude earthquake and the place for Masset and Port Clements Tsunami evacuation Zone has no cell service or wi fi. Anyone without a radio was completely in the dark the entire time Quite the expierience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex the Great Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Cool site - there were 12 earthquakes around the world - 3 near the Queen Charlottes: http://earthquake.us...arthquakes/map/ Haida Gwaii* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teen Icarus Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 This isn't big news for Hawaii, they already get 100 foot swells. I'm not sure if you've ever seen a video of a tsunami but it isn't so much a wave as a rapid tide change - it's like watching the tide come in and in and in and in really quickly - more like a storm surge than a rogue wave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Another earthquake just occurred at 7:49pm (6.3 magnitude): Another earthquake has rattled the north coast of B.C. The tremor, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3, was recorded at a depth of about 10 kilometres and centred about 260 kilometres southwest of Prince Rupert, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There are no reports of injury or damage. It is very close to the same area of Saturday's 7.7 magnitude quake. The U.S. National Weather Service said the latest quake was not expected to generate a tsunami. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/10/29/bc-haida-gwaii-quake.html?cmp=rss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Ed Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 (edited) Damn so many quakes lately. 2012. Edited October 30, 2012 by Special Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 @News1130radio More aftershocks - a magnitude 5.2 quake was recorded 90 kms from Sandspit, on Haida Gwaii, around 4:30 this morning. No damage reported Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 (edited) One of my favourite spots in the the Queen Charlotte Islands (aka Haida Gwai) the hot springs in Haida Gwaii's national park have been shut off and drained by the earthquake. Before: And now: Gwaii Haanas National Park superintendent Ernie Gladstone stands in the empty cliff pool after earthquake. (Parks Canada) The recent West Coast earthquake appears to have shut off the water at the popular hot springs in Haida Gwaii's national park, but there is hope they could reappear someday. After Saturday's 7.7 magnitude earthquake, Parks Canada workers went to check the springs and found they had run dry, according to Barb Rowsell, who owns Anvil Cove Charters. "Three people went down to check it out, and sure enough there is no hot water and the rocks are dry and cold," said Rowsell, who has been ferrying visitors to Hotspring Island for years. The park's superintendent Ernie Gladstone said the springs were still steaming last week, but now, to his dismay, there is not even a puddle left. "We did have staff on site on Thursday before Saturday's events, and now less than a week later the water's not flowing so we have to assume it's a result of Saturday's earthquakes or one of the many aftershocks since then," said Gladstone. http://www.cbc.ca/ne...aida-gwaii.html Edited November 4, 2012 by Wetcoaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 And the loss of the hot springs might also mean the loss of birthing habitat for an endangered species of bat that is redlisted: http://env.gov.bc.ca.../keenmyot_s.pdf An endangered species of bat may have lost its birthing ground after the magnitude 7.7 earthquake off the coast of Haida Gwaii caused one of island's hot springs to disappear. About 40 Keen's(long eared) myotis bats roost at Hot Spring Island in Gwaii Haanas National Park. "These bats come to the island every summer to have their babies and the roosts at hot springs are one of only two maternal colonies that’s right now known in the entire range of the species," said Carey Bergman, an ecologist in Gwaii Haanas. It’s uncertain whether the bats will return to Gwaii Hanaas now that the hot springs are gone. "The roosts that they choose are quite special. They're actually heated up above ambient temperature by the water that flows under the island," Bergman said "I've got my fingers crossed that once the geology settles down and the aftershocks taper off that maybe the hot water will come back." She says the full impact of the earthquake on the bats won't be known until next summer. http://www.cbc.ca/ne...earthquake.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dion Phaneuf Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 7.4 Earthquake in Guatemala. Trending on twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolt Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 6.3 west Vancouver Island, it's moving closer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolt Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Plates along the Pacific seem to be on the move, earthquakes rumbling from Alaska to the Caribbean at higher rates then normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dion Phaneuf Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Richmond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luongold Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/2012/10/29/usgs-shallow-63-quake-off-bc SYDNEY - A shallow quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 was recorded off British Columbia on Canada’s west coast, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Tuesday. The quake, at a depth of about 10 km, was centred about 260 km southwest of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, the USGS said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nux4lyfe Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 With so much activity lately it feels like it's getting closer and closer each time, hope everyone is prepared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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