Earthquake hits BC (Canada's west coast)

[MrsM]

I don't know much of the details yet - I know GF is out there and hope all out there are OK and safe

[MrsM]

As a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Haida Gwaii on Saturday evening, residents along the B.C. coast shared their accounts of the moment the quake struck.

Most reported a shaking, swaying or rumbling that lasted anywhere from 30 seconds to a minute.
"It wasn't a big shake — it just was a continuing rolling feeling that went on for ... perhaps a minute." — Robin Rowland, Kitimat, B.C.
"It almost felt like a massive wind was making the whole home shake." — Leisha Grebinski, Prince Rupert, B.C.
"It started off with just a small rumble ... and then things started to shake a little, and then things started shaking a lot." — Peter Mark, Masset, B.C.
"[I] was sitting on my couch, with the laptop, when I started to feel motion that made me feel queasy. Noticed that our heavy swag lamp was swaying back and forth. Stood up and could feel the motion through the carpeting. We live in a basement suite and I think that the motion lasted about 15 to 20 seconds, perhaps." — Leslie Allen, Prince George, B.C.
"Felt a 'swoon' — at the same time everything hanging started to sway so strongly that it took 30 minutes plus for them to settle back into equilibrium." — Sharon MacKenzie, Quadra Island, B.C.
"The whole house was flexing and oscillating. The lights went out and the shaking continued and I could hear all kinds of crashing." — Nick Finley, Tlell, Haida Gwaii, B.C.
"The house seemed to be moving — plants, light fixtures, sun catchers in the window swayed and clattered ... About 10 minutes before they stopped swaying." — Marion Lawson, Kamloops, B.C.
"The whole house swayed for over a minute. My wife said it felt like she had sea legs. Phones were out for a short time but we never lost power." — Ken Newman.

Residents as far away as Alberta and Yukon reported feeling the earthquake.
"It felt similar to light earthquakes we have experienced here with hanging plants and lamps swaying significantly." — Philip Merchant, Whitehorse, Yukon.
"I noticed my hanging plants and wind chimes in my living room swaying, and then found out a while later that an earthquake had hit the coast of B.C., near Haida Gwaii." — Evelyn Rook, St. Alberta, Alta.
"I felt the quake ... doors swinging and lights swinging from the 11th floor of an office tower." — Bryan Petzold, Edmonton.

[Noilly Pratt]

Weird...it went right across the top of my province (BC) but we felt nothing at all. I was at a friend's house - we were going to go to a Rolling Stones tribute band at the local bar. Awesome night - they rocked the joint and actually played the real songs, not just the bar-band "kinda close" numbers.

Here's an old map. Haida Gwaii used to be called the Queen Charlotte Islands.



The weird thing is that in distance GF and I are the closest, but perhaps Hal felt the tremor, but not us as it seemed the tremor was felt East and West of the center, not North and South. Edmonton (Hal) is due East in Alberta. GF is Vancouver and I'm South of that, right on the border of BC and Washington state.

Went home at 1am to see the coverage of the possible Tsunami in Hawaii...and luckily that didn't develop into a great tidal wave, either.

[minz]

The Earth always moves for Hal when his right hand is free

[DemonGeminiX]

I read an article on this and they said residents in Vancouver didn't feel a thing, so maybe GF is perfectly fine?

[RBP]

GF

[PorkChopSandwiches]

[Muddy]

[PorkChopSandwiches]

I'll be your kids godfather now

[deebakes]

hopefully godfather's lady friend is okay at least

[Griffin]

[Hal-9000]

my sister lives on the island...haven't heard from her yet

I'll find out if they got anything out there

[Muddy]

hopefully godfather's lady friend is okay at least