Nootka Earthquake hits Vancouver Island
Moderate quake hits Vancouver Island
WebPosted Jul 15 2004 06:28 PM PDT
VICTORIA - A moderate earthquake woke residents on north and central Vancouver Island just after five o'clock Thursday morning.
B.C. seismologists recorded a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale while the U.S. Geological Survey had a reading of 5.7.
LINK: USGS quake report
Taimi Mulder, a seismologist with the Geological Survey of Canada, says the quake was felt as far away as Vancouver.
"People have felt their chairs rolling, someone in Comox reported tree swaying. Doors were swinging back and forth for about ten seconds maybe."
Mulder says there are unlikely to be aftershocks from the quake.
There have been nine quakes of similar magnitude in the region in the past 30 years. This quake was centered about 40 kilometers off Nootka Island.
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