Strong mag. 6.6 earthquake - 218km SW of Port Hardy, Canada on Monday, 22 October 2018 - information
Strong mag. 6.6 earthquake - 218km SW of Port Hardy, Canada on Monday, 22 October 2018
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 11.0 to 33.0 km.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 33.0 to 11.0 km.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 33.0 to 11.0 km.
Date & time: Monday, 22 October 2018 05:39 UTC
Local time at epicenter: 2018-10-21 20:39:40 -09:00
Magnitude: 6.6
Depth: 11.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 49.2496°N / 129.4783°W
(Canada)
Nearest volcano: Endeavour Ridge (135 km)
Primary data source: USGS
Estimated released energy: 5*10^14 J (139 GWh / 1.2*10^5 tons of TNT / 7.5 atomic bombs equivalent) [learn more]
Local time at epicenter: 2018-10-21 20:39:40 -09:00
Magnitude: 6.6
Depth: 11.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 49.2496°N / 129.4783°W
(Canada)Nearest volcano: Endeavour Ridge (135 km)
Primary data source: USGS
Estimated released energy: 5*10^14 J (139 GWh / 1.2*10^5 tons of TNT / 7.5 atomic bombs equivalent) [learn more]
Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
| Heure | Mag. / Depth | Location | Source | |
| Mon, 22 Oct 2018 | ||||
| Mon, 22 Oct 05:39 UTC | M 6.1 / 10 km | Vancouver Island, Canada Region | GFZ | |
| Mon, 22 Oct 05:39 UTC | M 6.6 / 2 km | VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION | EMSC | |
| Mon, 22 Oct 05:39 UTC | M 6.1 / 10 km | 265 km SW of Pt. Hardy,BC | NRCAN | |
"I felt it" reports:
At sea. Within 100 nmiles from epicentre. / MMI VI (Strong shaking): We are at sea on vessel. Strong jerk, up and dowm feel. Vessel was jerked by wave.
North Ferndale Washington State / not felt: We live 8 miles from the Canadian boarder n felt nothing n hear nothing about it! I've been in any quakes in Southern California! Perhaps slept thru it!?
New Westminster / not felt
North Vancouver / not felt
Florence Oregon / not felt: Received a message for a seamount tsunami warning after the quake. felt nothing on mid Oregon coast
Nanaimo / not felt
Coquitlam / not felt
Sidney BC / not felt
Skyline Marina, Anacortes, WA / not felt
Richmond, BC / not felt: Saw email from Tsunami.gov 20 minutes after event - never felt a thing.
Victoria / not felt
Cannon Beach, OR / not felt
Banff (939.1 km ENE from epicenter) [Map] / MMI III (Weak shaking): Thought it was the passing train. 3rd story of hotel. Train is too far. Timelines match up perfectly
Vancouver / not felt
Richmond, BC / not felt: Saw email from Tsunami.gov 20 minutes after event - never felt a thing.
Cowichan Valley / not felt
Sooke (389.8 km E from epicenter) [Map] / not felt: Didn't feel a thing.
campbell river bc / not felt
(480.2 km E from epicenter) [Map] / not felt
Vancouver BC / not felt
Bellingham, Wa / not felt
Port Alberni / not felt
(288.4 km E from epicenter) [Map] / MMI III (Weak shaking): I felt dizzy. From my feet up an I swayed. I usually get this when there is an earthquake.
Nanaimo bc / not felt
Victoria / not felt
Port Alice (10.6 km SE from epicenter) [Map] / MMI III (Weak shaking)
Seattle / not felt
Hailey (1326.3 km ESE from epicenter) [Map] / not felt: Hanging homemade wrench seismograph hanging from a string was moving for a few minutes. Looked after my app says I might have felt it. Shaking ten minutes after the event (via app)
Vancouver bc / not felt: No shaking in Vancouver bc ,yet
Victoria / not felt
Langford, BC / not felt
Tofino BC Canada / not felt
Nanaimo, BC / not felt
Nanaimo (Canada) (406 km E from epicenter)(no details): Felt a light tremor in Nanaimo (via EMSC)
Victoria (Canada) (463 km E from epicenter)(no details): Colwood, felt nothing! (via EMSC)
Port Alberni (Canada) (347 km E from epicenter)(no details): Felt nothing, would not have known if it were not for reports on fb, nothing on tv. (via EMSC)
Burnaby (Canada) (479 km E from epicenter)(no details): Vancouver felt nothing . . . . yet. (Josa) (via EMSC)
Campbell River (Canada) (326 km E from epicenter)(no details): Campbell River. I felt nothing (via EMSC)
Langley Twp (Canada) (504 km E from epicenter)(no details): Was sitting, felt the vibration under my feet. We are at 8915 202 Street. Directly beside stream/sandy ground, on a fault line coming down through Maple Ridge mountains. (via EMSC)
Vancouver (Canada) (471 km E from epicenter)(no details): Felt like the house was being pushed back and forth for 5 seconds (via EMSC)
Nanaimo (Canada) (409 km E from epicenter)(no details): Nanaimo didn't feel anything. (via EMSC)
Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (aftershocks) - show
Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)
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