Earthquake hits Queen Charlottes

[Frisk]

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[zookeeper]

Where can I find up to date info? We have a lot of friends out there.

[steven lloyd]

Here's another link.

http://www.terracestandard.com/news/176134751.html

[Nebula]

No damage reported yet.

Tsunami Warnings: North and Central Coast, Haida Gwaii, Hawaii.
Tsunami Advisory: Vancouver Island, Juan de Fuca Straight.

[Verminator]

Nothing here in Vernon. I've been watching the news since this story broke and it seems miraculous that there haven't been any reports of damage at all. I hope it stays that way.

[VitC]

Gordon, please share the source of the attachments.

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[steven lloyd]

Nothing more moving around here right now. I'm taking that as a good sign.
News is on in less than twenty minutes. Think we probably made the lead story.
I hope no one was hurt 'cause I wanna say that was kinda fun.

G'night all

[zerograv]

http://www.bnowire.com/inbox/?id=1208


tsunami warnings now issued for as far away as Hawaii

[GordonH]

Gordon, please share the source of the attachments.

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It an App that I have on my computer so if you happen to have a Mac it called xQuake

Here is a screen shot showing main quake in orange an after shocks so far

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[TyrianQuill]

 
Two informational links:

1. http://www.google.org/publicalerts/aler ... ource=maps

2. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

 

[Cumungala]

I'm amazed that there hasn't really been any damage from this. Thats a good thing. This is the largest earthquake to happen in Canada in over 60 years.

[logicalview]

Estimated arrival times and wave heights

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Langara Island, British Columbia 9:16 PM GMT-07 (1 hour, 42 minutes ago) 0.1m / 0.3ft
Sitka, Alaska 8:24 PM GMT-08 (1 hour, 34 minutes ago) 0.1m / 0.3ft
Craig, Alaska 8:27 PM GMT-08 (1 hour, 31 minutes ago) 0.1m / 0.4ft

Not much of a tsunami.

[zookeeper]

I just read that the small waves come first, but hoping those reported will be as big as they get.

[Cumungala]

Theres now coverage on Channel 4 and 8. Both channels have Global Vancouver News, and CHBC isn't on tonight because of this.

[GordonH]

To give everyone an idea of the size of this quake:

Approximate TNT for Seismic Energy Yield

6.0 = 15 kilotons of TNT (Approximate yield of the Little Boy Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima)
7.7 = 5.4 megatons of TNT (current earthquake)
8.9 = 240 megatons of TNT (Japan March 2011)
9.2 = 950 megatons of TNT (2004 Indian Ocean earthquake)
9.5 = 2.7 gigatons of TNT (Valdivia earthquake, Chile in 1960)