Thursday, August 18, 2011

8/18/2011 - 4.9 EQ Western Canada

That's a good one for the area. Not a World Shaker but still one to note.

Anyone feel it over there? 



quakes.globalincidentmap.com...
Magnitude: 4.9
DateTime: Thursday August 18 2011, 15:35:47 UTC
Region: Queen Charlotte Islands, Canada region
Depth: 13 km

Actually reporting 2 at a few seconds apart. Could be a glitch as USGS is reporting only one but this site feeds from USGS so it's a guess.



21 minutes ago
Magnitude: 4.5
DateTime: Thursday August 18 2011, 15:35:45 UTC
Region: Queen Charlotte Islands, Canada region
Depth: 10.7 km

USGS reporting at 4.5

earthquake.usgs.gov...

Magnitude 4.5

Location 51.652°N, 130.741°W
Depth 10.7 km (6.6 miles)
Region QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS REGION
Distances

* 250 km (156 miles) WNW (297°) from Port Hardy, BC, Canada
* 296 km (184 miles) S (186°) from Prince Rupert, BC, Canada
* 390 km (243 miles) S (172°) from Metlakatla, AK
* 599 km (372 miles) WNW (299°) from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 




Is that on the San andrea fault line,

Actually below but close as I can see.


The San Andreas Fault is the sliding boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. It slices California in two from Cape Mendocino to the Mexican border. San Diego, Los Angeles and Big Sur are on the Pacific Plate. San Francisco, Sacramento and the Sierra Nevada are on the North American Plate. And despite San Francisco’s legendary 1906 earthquake, the San Andreas Fault does not go through the city. But communities like Desert Hot Springs, San Bernardino, Wrightwood, Palmdale, Gorman, Frazier Park, Daly City. Point Reyes Station and Bod

San Andreas Fault is in California. I believe this earthquake is on the Cascadia Fault line.

Edit to add information on Cascadia fault wikipedia
Although the fault does run to Northern California, the position of this earthquake doesn't make it close to the San Andreas.



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