Earth Quake

lots of aftershocks right now
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

the police have evacuated the lower parts of prince Rupert, Rushbrooks floats to cowboy and just going to water street and beach its on the scanner… officer is going to the port and one out to Port Ed.

Another after shock at 8:52 magnitude 4.8
Ridley Island is being evacuated.

It was felt as far inland as Prince George and set lamps and curtains swaying.

You should be fine. The biggest danger right now is rockslides and landslides triggered by all the aftershocks which can go on for days.

Of course, this could be a foreshock of something bigger. You don’t want to think about that but you need to. And you better have your escape route planned out just in case. Cause it will happen suddenly. Have some links,

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ … es_all.php

earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/index-eng.php

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low level Tsunami warning… only marinas are being evacuated now…

[quote=“DHCollins”]
Of course, this could be a foreshock of something bigger. You don’t want to think about that but you need to. And you better have your escape route planned out just in case. Cause it will happen suddenly.
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We know. We live in BC.

BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 3
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
910 PM PDT SAT OCT 27 2012

A SMALL TSUNAMI HAS BEEN RECORDED ON A DEEP OCEAN PRESSURE SENSOR.
THE WARNING REGION REMAINS THE SAME IN THIS BULLETIN.

…THE TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL
AREAS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA FROM THE NORTH TIP OF
VANCOUVER ISLAND BRITISH COLUMBIA TO CAPE DECISION
ALASKA/LOCATED 85 MILES SE OF SITKA/…

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
PEOPLE IN LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO
INSTRUCTIONS FROM THEIR LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. EVACUATIONS
ARE ONLY ORDERED BY EMERGENCY RESPONSE AGENCIES.

  • IF IN A TSUNAMI WARNING COASTAL AREA MOVE INLAND TO HIGHER
    GROUND.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
MAGNITUDE - 7.7
TIME - 1904 AKDT OCT 27 2012
2004 PDT OCT 27 2012
0304 UTC OCT 28 2012
LOCATION - 52.9 NORTH 131.9 WEST
25 MILES/40 KM S OF SANDSPIT BRITISH COLUMBIA
385 MILES/620 KM SE OF JUNEAU ALASKA
DEPTH - 12 MILES/19 KM

Shook like hell in Fort St. James too!

Kept the police extra busy tonight anyways

BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 4
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
948 PM PDT SAT OCT 27 2012

THE TSUNAMI HAS BEEN RECORDED WITH SMALL AMPLITUDES IN SE ALASKA.
FORECASTS INDICATE HEIGHTS IN S CENTRAL ALASKA BELOW 30CM.
THE WARNING AREA REMAINS THE SAME.

…THE TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL
AREAS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA FROM THE NORTH TIP OF
VANCOUVER ISLAND BRITISH COLUMBIA TO CAPE DECISION
ALASKA/LOCATED 85 MILES SE OF SITKA/…

Masset just had a 3 foot water drop just now…

Where might you access the info from masset? website? thanks

police scanner

roger that

Been listening to CBC, they have expanded the Tsunami warning to the Washington-BC border. Tune in to CBC Radio or on TV, special edition now.

We are safe there will not be a tsunami :smile:

Tsunami warning now included for Hawaii…Tsunami warning sirens were going off in Hawaii. 3ft to 7ft wave surges are expected there.

California, Oregon and Washington included in Tsunami advisory, as well as South Coast of BC.

Downgraded warnings and some measurements:

BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 11
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
247 AM PDT SUN OCT 28 2012

ADVISORY STATUS IS CANCELLED FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA AND OREGON.
ADVISORY STATUS REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
MORE OBSERVATIONS ARE ADDED BELOW.

…THE TSUNAMI ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL
AREAS OF CALIFORNIA FROM GUALALA POINT CALIFORNIA/LOCATED
80 MILES NW OF SAN FRANCISCO/ TO THE OREGON-CALIFORNIA
BORDER…

[code]MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY

LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL


CRAIG AK 55.5N 133.1W 0446UTC 00.3FT/00.10M
PORT ALEXANDER AK 56.2N 134.6W 0533UTC 00.5FT/00.14M
SITKA AK 57.1N 135.3W 0730UTC 00.4FT/00.12M
ELFIN COVE AK 58.2N 136.3W 0448UTC 00.2FT/00.07M
YAKUTAT AK 59.5N 139.7W 0732UTC 00.5FT/00.14M
SEWARD AK 60.1N 149.4W 0600UTC 00.5FT/00.16M
KODIAK AK 57.7N 152.5W 0650UTC 00.4FT/00.13M
SAND POINT AK 55.3N 160.5W 0744UTC 00.3FT/00.08M
DUTCH HARBOR AK 53.9N 166.5W 0755UTC 00.1FT/00.04M
NIKOLSKI AK 52.9N 168.9W 0753UTC 00.2FT/00.06M
ATKA AK 52.2N 174.2W 0835UTC 00.4FT/00.11M
WINTER HARBOUR BC 50.7N 128.3W 0746UTC 00.8FT/00.24M
NEAH BAY WA 48.4N 124.6W 0530UTC 00.3FT/00.10M
PORT ANGELES WA 48.1N 123.4W 0640UTC 00.4FT/00.11M
LA PUSH WA 47.5N 124.4W 0448UTC 00.4FT/00.13M
WESTPORT WA 46.9N 124.1W 0550UTC 00.3FT/00.10M
GARIBALDI OR 45.6N 123.9W 0515UTC 00.2FT/00.05M
SOUTH BEACH OR 44.6N 124.0W 0524UTC 00.3FT/00.09M
CHARLESTON OR 43.3N 124.3W 0702UTC 00.4FT/00.12M
PORT ORFORD OR 42.7N 124.5W 0841UTC 00.8FT/00.23M
CRESCENT CITY CA 41.7N 124.2W 0914UTC 01.5FT/00.46M
NORTH SPIT CA 40.8N 124.2W 0626UTC 00.5FT/00.15M
ARENA COVE CA 38.9N 123.7W 0637UTC 01.3FT/00.41M
SAN FRANCISCO CA 37.8N 122.5W 0802UTC 00.5FT/00.14M
MONTEREY HARBOR CA 36.6N 121.9W 0738UTC 00.4FT/00.13M
PORT SAN LUIS CA 35.2N 120.8W 0810UTC 00.9FT/00.27M
LA JOLLA CA 32.9N 117.3W 0742UTC 00.2FT/00.06M
[/code]

…THE TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS CANCELED FOR THE COASTAL AREAS
OF BRITISH COLUMBIA FROM THE WASHINGTON-BRITISH COLUMBIA
BORDER TO THE ALASKA-BRITISH COLUMBIA BORDER…

CAZ002-001-281117-
/O.CON.PAAQ.TS.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL AREAS BETWEEN AND INCLUDING GUALALA POINT
CALIFORNIA/LOCATED 80 MILES NW OF SAN FRANCISCO/ TO THE
OREGON-CALIFORNIA BORDER
247 AM PDT SUN OCT 28 2012

Welcome to the big earthquake club there folks! :wink: