OtterMA to CanadaEnglish · edit-21 day agoMagnitude 5.1 earthquake in B.C.’s South Coastwww.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.caexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: vancouver
arrow-up167arrow-down1external-linkMagnitude 5.1 earthquake in B.C.’s South Coastwww.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.caOtterMA to CanadaEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: vancouver
Title mine, after a correction in the comments Other links: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/earthquake-felt-in-places-across-b-c-s-lower-mainland-1.7465598 https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/magnitude-47-earthquake-shakes-home-in-vancouver-area/
minus-squaredarksiderbunlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 hours agoIs this a freak occurrence? How rare or common are these?
minus-squareOtterOPMAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-220 hours agoWe’ve been overdue for a very big one for a while. Kids do earthquake drills in school, infrastructure is slowly being prepared for it, and alert systems are tested annually But past that it’s rare to have any shaking really For example, this article opens with https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/vancouver-eartherquake-reactions-strike-bc-coast-2025-10270214 ‘It was quite scary’: Metro Vancouverites react to 5.1 magnitude earthquake off B.C. coast “I think the first that comes to mind is, ‘Is it leading to the big one?’” one resident said.
Is this a freak occurrence? How rare or common are these?
We’ve been overdue for a very big one for a while. Kids do earthquake drills in school, infrastructure is slowly being prepared for it, and alert systems are tested annually
But past that it’s rare to have any shaking really
For example, this article opens with
https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/vancouver-eartherquake-reactions-strike-bc-coast-2025-10270214