Magnitude 6.7 - VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION

Magnitude 6.7 - VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION

Depth 2 km (1.2 miles) set by location program

Thats the Cascadia Fault system!! I do beleive

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OK did a searh nothing
so don't flame me

Also was just on CNN news

So the ring of fire is realy heatting up


Magnitude

6.7



Date-Time

Friday, September 09, 2011 at 19:41:35 UTC
Friday, September 09, 2011 at 12:41:35 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones



Location

49.474°N, 126.974°W



Depth

25.9 km (16.1 miles)



Region

VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION



Distances

119 km (73 miles) WNW of Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada
138 km (85 miles) WSW of Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada
140 km (86 miles) SSE of Port Hardy, British Columbia, Canada
289 km (179 miles) WNW of VICTORIA, British Columbia, Canada




Location Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 10.9 km (6.8 miles); depth +/- 7.3 km (4.5 miles)



Parameters

NST=645, Nph=645, Dmin=121.3 km, Rmss=1.37 sec, Gp= 61°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8



Source

Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)



Event ID

usc0005rsj



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There is a thread in the Fragile Earth section so not sure if we need two but

yah felt the quake pretty good in the silty delta of vancouver. lamps shaking and condo creaking.

A few small cracks in my paint!

That is really frightening.

reply to post by Trillium


I live there and have felt nothing...... I dont think its deep enough to have caused any harm granted though I am a bit further away on saltspring island.

reply to post by Frank Dinkle


why do people always say this. I think a 6.7 deserves it's own thread to talk about.

Originally posted by Frank Dinkle
There is a thread in the Fragile Earth section so not sure if we need two but

yah felt the quake pretty good in the silty delta of vancouver. lamps shaking and condo creaking.

A few small cracks in my paint!

Ok Mod if he was first am'l ok to move it

Originally posted by Frank Dinkle
There is a thread in the Fragile Earth section

www.abovetopsecret.com...

Thread closed.

All Earthquake and natural disaster topics belong in Fragile Earth.

NM