Earthquake Shakes Northern B.C.
Prince George B.C.- An earthquake measuring 7.1 , with the epicentre 25 miles south of Sandspit on Haida Gwaii has rocked the west coast of B.C. and trembled through Prince George.
250 NEWS is getting calls from Quesnel saying the chandeliers in homes were rocking, " bet it lasted 45 seconds to a minute at least" says one Quesnel resident.
The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Centre says the Quake was eleven miles under ground. There are no reports of any injuries or major damage at this point.
Calls from Vanderhoof say homes there were shaking, trees were swaying.
It was felt very strongly in Prince George with the broadcast centre at the Coliseum shaking during the Spruce Kings game. 250 News photographer Stan Kuzma says the pictures on his wall in downtown Prince George were rocking back and forth.
In Terrace, one resident says her couch was jumping its way across her living room floor.
250 NEWS has also received calls from McBride residents saying they too felt the shaker, and that it lasted between 30 and 45 seconds.
RCMP say at this point , there are no reports of anyone being injured.
Comments
What a weird sensation to feel the house going back and forth and to see the blinds moving on their own!!! Haven’t felt one like that since I was a kid on Van. Island.
quakes are only ‘interesting’ when they are light, far away and do no damage.
Any of those 3 things changes, and they go from ‘interesting’ to deadly.
Thank the Lord that this one was just in the ‘interesting’ category.
We felt nothing at our place but others did in the Hart:)
USGS has just updated the quake to 7.7 and recorded a 5.8 aftershock. Glad I am not in Prince Rupert or on the north end of Vancouver Island. There will certainly be more heard about this.
We felt nothing at our place but others did in the Hart:)
Chandeliers were rocking in Fort St John and the shaking has been felt in Edmonton.
Yup, up the hart here; felt it for several seconds. I remember feeling the shaking when they had the huge quake in Alaska in the 60’s.
I certainly felt it, was sitting in my office chair, felt a bit queezy, looked up, my office door was swaying. I wasn’t sure what it was, then I realized things were moving around me. My door was swinging back and forth about 3 to 4 inches.
Yes my daughter said she just thought she was suddenly dizzy, but didn’t notice anything else. I didn’t notice at all! I’m living in the bowl, Lakewood area. There are many of my friends that felt it, though, from the lower and upper coast and all the way in between here and there.
Maybe I’m just used to feeling off kilter? Lol
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