6.7 Earthquake Strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

They'll be here shortly to tell us why HAARP was to blame again, as soon as they finish polishing their tinfoil hats.

I blame the smurfs.

hahahahahahaha for real

ARGGGHHGHHH.

Wow. If you find out more about this, please be sure to add it here, within "Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Volcanoes."

I'll be talking to my kid sister later on. Her in-laws live on Vancouver Island and she lives just outside Vancouver proper so when I find out I'll post it for you.

Oh, thanks!

Am talking to the kid sis now. She says that they felt a little wobble and some storage racks where she works just shook a bit. No damage in Vancouver or the island.
Hope this helps you out.

www.news1130.com/news/local/article/275512--6-4-magnitude-quake-off-vancouver-is...
That's the corrected address

EV Check out the work of Emily Brodsky U of Cal Santa Cruz.. She is a professor of planetary science and geodynamics. Also there was a good graphic on "How the Earth was Made" but I cannot remember which episode.

Jan, as always, I sure do appreciate your updates! I of course am a heavy supporter of your submissions, in general, as well you must know by now. I no longer have the kind of time to always comment/reply, but whatever you share with the rest of us, you can be sure I'm at least reading it and feeling grateful for your participation and, especially, your cares and concerns.

Sure DO hope it stays that way. One was enough for today. thanks Jan.

I appreciate that. Thanks for your vigilance on these matters too and your compassion for all living things.

Stay safe.

Thanks Jan, we're "tucked in" safe, today was just another reminder... just gotta "roll" with it I guess. I know that my family felt it more than I did - they live almost directly across the water from each other and the ferry terminal was closed temporarily at Courtenay/Comox - reopened shortly thereafter.

The GSC said that the tsunami warning is up but would be practically immeasurable because of the shallow nature of the quake - maybe centimetres notice only at high tides.
Let's hope no more aftershocks.

Glad you're okay. Where just a bit more specifically are you?

In the city of Vancouver - just talked to my sister who's at Comox (on posted map - mid-island) and daughter (mainland north near Powell River") - they both report hard rolling, and items in house, eg lights swaying, dishes rattling - but nothing broken. It wasn't sharp, which is more typical of these shallow quakes (this one was 29 km deep), it was more of a rolling motion than a sharp shaking motion.

Meant to add: my daughter said that she was in the car, parked at the time and thought someone was rocking her car from behind; said she looked at one store window and it looked like it was "bowing."

Well, I am so relieved to know your family -- and everyone else -- went through this experience okay. I find the rolling ones a little bit less scary, but I always do get motion sickness (!) from that type.

Happy to learn you live in Vancouver -- it's a really beautiful and friendly city and, if I could afford to do so, it'd be a consideration of mine to move there. One of the things I most love about Vancouver is the feeling of safety when taking walks late at night.

Ah, yes, that's a weird thing to see.

Thanks, and thanks for posting this (won't get much attn cuz it's the west coast, alas). I love it here, but it's way way too expensive. I'm going to retire in a few weeks and hopefully move to the Island (used to live there, loved it, no jobs except in Victoria) - likely will find a cave somewhere north of Nanaimo (if it hasn't "caved in" haha).

Eartquakes there, floods here. Yikes ! I think someone is sending bad vibrations our way. Who could that be?

Hmmmm, never crossed my mind, not even once - I only feel the sock-puppet's adoration towards us all, LOL.

Thanks for the update(s)!