4.9 EQ Western Canada

That's a good one for the area. Not a World Shaker but still one to note.

Anyone feel it over there?


quakes.globalincidentmap.com...
Magnitude: 4.9
DateTime: Thursday August 18 2011, 15:35:47 UTC
Region: Queen Charlotte Islands, Canada region
Depth: 13 km

Actually reporting 2 at a few seconds apart. Could be a glitch as USGS is reporting only one but this site feeds from USGS so it's a guess.



21 minutes ago
Magnitude: 4.5
DateTime: Thursday August 18 2011, 15:35:45 UTC
Region: Queen Charlotte Islands, Canada region
Depth: 10.7 km

USGS reporting at 4.5

earthquake.usgs.gov...

Magnitude 4.5

Location 51.652°N, 130.741°W
Depth 10.7 km (6.6 miles)
Region QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS REGION
Distances

* 250 km (156 miles) WNW (297°) from Port Hardy, BC, Canada
* 296 km (184 miles) S (186°) from Prince Rupert, BC, Canada
* 390 km (243 miles) S (172°) from Metlakatla, AK
* 599 km (372 miles) WNW (299°) from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

reply to post by jude11


Is that on the San andrea fault line,

Originally posted by jarusica
reply to post by jude11

 

Is that on the San andrea fault line,

Yes,
Or extremely close to it at least. I do believe so anyways

Originally posted by jarusica
reply to post by jude11

 

Is that on the San andrea fault line,

Actually below but close as I can see.

The San Andreas Fault is the sliding boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. It slices California in two from Cape Mendocino to the Mexican border. San Diego, Los Angeles and Big Sur are on the Pacific Plate. San Francisco, Sacramento and the Sierra Nevada are on the North American Plate. And despite San Francisco’s legendary 1906 earthquake, the San Andreas Fault does not go through the city. But communities like Desert Hot Springs, San Bernardino, Wrightwood, Palmdale, Gorman, Frazier Park, Daly City. Point Reyes Station and Bod

Greetings Jude 11.

I live right on the coast in Vancouver, and didnt feel anything at all. It may have been on the outside of Vancouver Island, and the west coast of the Island may have felt something.

Originally posted by AzureSky

Originally posted by jarusica
reply to post by jude11

 

Is that on the San andrea fault line,

Yes,
Or extremely close to it at least. I do believe so anyways

San Andreas Fault is in California.
I believe this earthquake is on the Cascadia Fault line.

Edit to add information on Cascadia fault wikipedia
Although the fault does run to Northern California, the position of this earthquake doesn't make it close to the San Andreas.

Originally posted by dredz
Greetings Jude 11.

I live right on the coast in Vancouver, and didnt feel anything at all. It may have been on the outside of Vancouver Island, and the west coast of the Island may have felt something.

It's in the Charlottes out in the ocean so maybe someone up there got a tremble.

reply to post by jude11


you do know there is a quake thread right?

Quake watch 2011

Originally posted by -W1LL
reply to post by jude11

 

you do know there is a quake thread right?

Quake watch 2011

Sure do.

Thank God there are EQ Police out there.

Interesting! Jude, I'd pop into the 'whats happening in Washington State' thread and add this (can't link, on iPhone) but I bet westcoast & regulars would be interested in this! Hopefully it's not foreshocks to the Cascadia subduction zone :/ even though it's just a 4.9, thats one of the bigger ones up that way of late, yes?

Originally posted by bkaust
Interesting! Jude, I'd pop into the 'whats happening in Washington State' thread and add this (can't link, on iPhone) but I bet westcoast & regulars would be interested in this! Hopefully it's not foreshocks to the Cascadia subduction zone :/ even though it's just a 4.9, thats one of the bigger ones up that way of late, yes?

Yeah, this is a little larger than usual although it does happen. With a few at 4.5 on average it is worth watching.