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Magnitude 7.7 earthquake hits Canada's British Columbia, USGS reports [View all]
bananas
Oct 2012
OP
You got it, off the coast of BC and Prince Rupert, BC has be issued a Tsunami warning.
teddy51
Oct 2012
#7
Not the whole west coast but BC-AK in parts. No warning for WA, OR, CA or Hawaii or Central AK
uppityperson
Oct 2012
#9
Hover over the map and it gives you arrival times at Astoria, Seaside.. all down the coast. nt
Viva_La_Revolution
Oct 2012
#19
And it also gives time it arrives in New Hampshire. So far from what I hear from my local Pacific nw
uppityperson
Oct 2012
#23
I agree. Be aware, be alert if you are low or near the water. But no need to "whole coast" thing as
uppityperson
Oct 2012
#26
We have tsunami warnings for San Pedro (LA Harbor), CA among other places in the state.
kestrel91316
Oct 2012
#21
and New Hampshire is listed also. From what I am reading, the official warning is northern vanc isle
uppityperson
Oct 2012
#24
It wasn't until about 15 years ago that scientists realized just how seismically active....
Raster
Oct 2012
#65
That's a very bad place for a quake of that size, definitely a Sunami danger....
Up2Late
Oct 2012
#31
From it's location, it looks like it was on the main fault, which I think is a Slip fault.
Up2Late
Oct 2012
#36
@AntDeRosa: Latest west coast/Alaska bulletin: SMALL TSUNAMI HAS BEEN RECORDED ON A DEEP OCEAN PRESS
Hissyspit
Oct 2012
#32
Indeed. Did it help release pressure or be a warning more stress on the faults.
uppityperson
Oct 2012
#40
Yeah, that's the area I was worried about too, but it looks like it it north of that plate.
Up2Late
Oct 2012
#41
CBC News Alerts ‏@CBCAlerts Tofino residents being evacuated in wake of tsunami warning after 7.7 qu
Hissyspit
Oct 2012
#42
Michael van Poppel ‏@mpoppel Pacific Tsunami Warning Center: A tsunami has been generated that could
Hissyspit
Oct 2012
#43
10:44PM PDT THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN OREGON.
bananas
Oct 2012
#44
And WA coast too. Looks like they are expanding it as they get more info in. Better safe than sorry.
uppityperson
Oct 2012
#46