B.C. is at risk of ‘the big one’ — a megathrust earthquake that could occur offshore — as well as from fault lines that run through the Pacific Northwest.
A B.C. expert says the Turkey-Syria earthquake should remind us of B.C.’s own quake risk and the need to be ready.
The Turkey-Syria quake was of magnitude 7.8, caused by two plates sliding past each other in a horizontal motion, said Clague. While that could happen in B.C., the resulting quake along local fault lines is likely to be smaller, possibly in the magnitude 6 range, limiting the “damage footprint” to the area closest to the epicentre.
Scientists have begun to identify active faults where sliding could occur, including on Vancouver Island and south of the U.S. border near Abbotsford. “The last earthquake in this zone, in 1700, was recorded by First Nations historical accounts and geological records, telling us that it was massive and caused a tsunami that impacted coastlines as far away as Japan,” says the city website.
But Clague said B.C. should be in a better position than Turkey in the event of a major quake as the province has taken the risk “quite seriously.” B.C. has funded seismic retrofits of schools, bridges and other infrastructure, while new construction is built under B.C. Building Code seismic requirements.
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