Title mine, after a correction in the comments
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Found a map of BC fault lines from a CBC article dated 2015 and it’s crazy af. The whole province is covered in them.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/multimedia/every-fault-line-in-british-columbia-1.2919420
Lol my house is literally directly on top of a fault line
Earthquakes Canada has put the magnitude at 5.1
U.S. Geographical Survey (USGS) measured the earthquake at magnitude 4.8
That’s a pretty good exchange rate!
We just had a
4.75.14.7 here on Vancouver Island too.https://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/20250221.2126/index-en.php
Felt it here in New West!
Seeing this in a feed sure looks suspicious :)
I’ll fix that one too 😄
Is this a freak occurrence? How rare or common are these?
We’ve been overdue for a very big one for a while. Kids do earthquake drills in school, infrastructure is slowly being prepared for it, and alert systems are tested annually
But past that it’s rare to have any shaking really
For example, this article opens with
‘It was quite scary’: Metro Vancouverites react to 5.1 magnitude earthquake off B.C. coast
“I think the first that comes to mind is, ‘Is it leading to the big one?’” one resident said.
Anyone seen reports from Sechelt/the Coast?
Sechelter here:
Thought someone was starting a generator, super low rumble, then a good lurch.
Work sent everyone out of the office for 10 minutes. Havnt heard of any damage
Glad to hear things seem okay. Thanks!!
