Thursday, April 25, 2024

Earthquakes

A 4.0 magnitude earthquake struck near Tofino Sunday night

It was detected about 144 kms west of Tofino.

There were 7 earthquakes off the coast of Vancouver Island in the past 24 hours

Sunday night's 6.8 magnitude tremor was the largest earthquake in BC since 2012.

A second powerful 6.8 earthquake has just struck off Vancouver Island

Tsunami warnings have not been issued for both earthquakes.

UVic completes installation of underwater earthquake early warning sensors

The system will be able to send a warning of up to 2 minutes if a major earthquake strikes.

4 things to know ahead of B.C.’s largest earthquake drill on Thursday

The province-wide earthquake drill is tomorrow at 10:18 a.m.!