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The earthquakes are caused by slip along the thrust fault that forms the contact between the two plates. These interplate earthquakes are the planet's most powerful, with moment magnitudes (Mw) that can exceed 9.0. [1][2] Since 1900, all earthquakes of magnitude 9.0 or greater have been megathrust earthquakes. [3]
Date Place Lat Lon Deaths Injuries Mag. MMI Comments 2018-10-22 Vancouver Island, British Columbia: 49.335 -129.289 0 0 6.8 IV [1]2017-05-01 Stikine Region, British Columbia: 59.83
2024 Noto earthquake: 2 7.4 18 Taiwan, Hualien offshore VIII (Severe) 40.0 April 2 2024 Hualien earthquake: 2 7.4 1 Chile, Antofagasta: VII (Very strong) 117.4 July 19 - 3 7.2 0 Peru, Arequipa offshore VI (Strong) 28.0 June 28 - 4 7.1 0 Japan, Miyazaki offshore VIII (Severe) 25.0 August 8 2024 Hyūga-nada earthquake: 4 7.1 0
Courtenay (/ ˈ k ɔːr t n i / KORT-nee) [1] is a city of about 26,000 on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia.It is the largest community and only city in the area commonly known as the Comox Valley, and the seat of the Comox Valley Regional District, which replaced the Comox-Strathcona Regional District.
Sidney is a town located at the northern end of the Saanich Peninsula, on Vancouver Island in the province of British Columbia. It is one of the thirteen Greater Victoria municipalities. It has a population of approximately 11,583. Sidney is located just east of Victoria International Airport, and about 6 km (4 mi) south of BC Ferries ' Swartz ...
Tsawwassen (English: / t ə ˈ w ɑː s ən / ⓘ tə-WAH-sən) is a suburban, mostly residential community on a peninsula in the southwestern corner of the City of Delta in British Columbia, Canada. It provides the only road access to the American territory on the southern tip of the peninsula, the community of Point Roberts, Washington , via ...
1,761 km 2 (680 sq mi) British Columbia is the westernmost province of Canada, bordered by the Pacific Ocean. With an area of 944,735 km 2 (364,764 sq mi) it is Canada's third-largest province. The province is almost four times the size of the United Kingdom and larger than every United States state except Alaska.
The Cascadia subduction zone is a 960 km (600 mi) fault at a convergent plate boundary, about 100–200 km (70–100 mi) off the Pacific coast, that stretches from northern Vancouver Island in Canada to Northern California in the United States. It is capable of producing 9.0+ magnitude earthquakes and tsunamis that could reach 30 m (98 ft).