A tsunami warning has been issued for coastal British Columbia following a magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck near Haida Gwaii on Saturday night, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said there was the possibility of �widespread dangerous coastal flooding accompanied by powerful currents.�
The quake was centred 198 kilometres south-southwest of Prince Rupert at a depth of 10 km, the USGS said.
�A major earthquake occurred in the Haida Gwaii region (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands). It was felt across much of north-central B.C., including Haida Gwaii, Prince Rupert, Quesnel and Houston. There have been no reports of damage at this time,� Natural Resources Canada said in a statement issued Saturday night.
Shook the house here in Fort St. James so hard the wind chimes rang, I was laying on the bed watching the door swing and rattle. 400 miles inland here. Talked to the kid in Terrace she said it rattled so bad there, the grand-daughter was freaking and everyone in the neighborhood ran outside. Didn't lose power though.
This is cool:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said there was the possibility of �widespread dangerous coastal flooding accompanied by powerful currents.�
The quake was centred 198 kilometres south-southwest of Prince Rupert at a depth of 10 km, the USGS said.
�A major earthquake occurred in the Haida Gwaii region (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands). It was felt across much of north-central B.C., including Haida Gwaii, Prince Rupert, Quesnel and Houston. There have been no reports of damage at this time,� Natural Resources Canada said in a statement issued Saturday night.
Talked to the kid in Terrace she said it rattled so bad there, the grand-daughter was freaking and everyone in the neighborhood ran outside. Didn't lose power though.
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2012-10-27 20:28:32
Tsunami warning expanded to include all of west Vancouver Island and now northern Puget Sound.
Are you out of the way?
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