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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Chehalis_Steel on April 24, 2014, 01:44:55 PM

Title: Anyone Else Notice the Earthquake Yesterday?
Post by: Chehalis_Steel on April 24, 2014, 01:44:55 PM
Apparently there was a 6.6 M earthquake off of Port Hardy yesterday evening. Pretty weird that I could feel it all the way in Langley. I also saw the water in my aquarium start sloshing around for a good 30 seconds and the lights in the ceiling started swinging.

Anyone else notice this?
Title: Re: Anyone Else Notice the Earthquake Yesterday?
Post by: Fish Assassin on April 24, 2014, 07:50:17 PM
Didn't feel it in Vancouver.
Title: Re: Anyone Else Notice the Earthquake Yesterday?
Post by: Daguru on April 24, 2014, 10:01:23 PM
Didn't feel a thing in vancouver
Title: Re: Anyone Else Notice the Earthquake Yesterday?
Post by: Whopperman on April 25, 2014, 01:49:57 AM
ceiling lights swinging around in POCO
Title: Re: Anyone Else Notice the Earthquake Yesterday?
Post by: DionJL on April 25, 2014, 01:46:03 PM
Felt it in Vancouver 10 floors up. It was a long period earthquake which means that it had a relatively large amount of time between peaks of the wave. Kind of like being in the ocean on spaced out swells. This causes tall buildings to sway, but is hard to feel closer to the ground.
Title: Re: Anyone Else Notice the Earthquake Yesterday?
Post by: Fish Assassin on April 25, 2014, 02:04:56 PM
I was on the 10th floor of an office building when I experienced an earthquake in Vancouver about 10 years ago. It's a scary feeling, something I don't want to experience again.
Title: Re: Anyone Else Notice the Earthquake Yesterday?
Post by: montegobay man on April 25, 2014, 07:23:32 PM
  Yes !!!!  just  sat down at our kitchen table enjoying  a sushi supper .When our glass  fish chimes's started to rattle  and our chandelier was swinging  back and forth. also our  chandelier in the dinning  also   :P My wife  screamed  and our puppy started   to bark . I  yell  earth quake  wow !!! location Sardis    :P
Title: Re: Anyone Else Notice the Earthquake Yesterday?
Post by: Chehalis_Steel on April 25, 2014, 07:29:19 PM
I was on the 10th floor of an office building when I experienced an earthquake in Vancouver about 10 years ago. It's a scary feeling, something I don't want to experience again.

Yea true that. I think the type of ground the buildings are built on also makes a pretty big difference. I think people living around the Fraser and the whole Fraser delta area felt it more because of the softer ground which amplified the effects. People in Vancouver probably didn't feel it much unless they were in all buildings.