6.4 Quake - Vancouver Island

[Missouriwatcher]

Magnitude 6.7 (Preliminary magnitude ? update expected within 15 minutes)
Date-Time

Friday, September 09, 2011 at 19:41:29 UTC
Friday, September 09, 2011 at 12:41:29 PM at epicenter

Location 49.500?N, 127.000?W
Depth 80 km (49.7 miles) set by location program
Region VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION
Distances

136 km (85 miles) SSE (165?) from Port Hardy, BC, Canada
138 km (86 miles) WSW (247?) from Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada
215 km (134 miles) NW (307?) from Neah Bay, WA
281 km (175 miles) W (276?) from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.html

 

[Missouriwatcher]

Re: 6.7 Quake - Vancouver Island

Re: 6.7 Quake - Vancouver Island

Even though the quake registered 6.7, the estimation of fatalities and economic losses are rated very minimal according to PAGER.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/pager/

 

[Missouriwatcher]

Re: 6.4 Quake - Vancouver Island

Downgraded to 6.4
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.html

 

[Emily]

Re: 6.4 Quake - Vancouver Island

Depth was changed to 23 km (14.3 miles). Reports that the quake was felt in downtown Seattle and eastside suburban office building have come in.

http://earthquake-report.com/2011/09/09/very-strong-earthquake-along-the-coast-of-vancouver-island/

Earthquakes Canada has information in French and in English:

http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/

They currently have it at 6.3 Mw, and say that the last large earthquake in this area was a M 6.6 event on November 2, 2004.