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EarthquakeAndrew.bsky.social @earthquakeandrew.bsky.social · 21d

This event, though at 16km depth, occurred right on the surfical trace of the San Juan Fault

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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 21d

Quick video about the M7.8 earthquake off the coast of Russia, including an animation from @earthscope.org showing the seismic waves detected by seismic stations across North America. 🧪

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SchoolShake @schoolshake.bsky.social · 21d

This mornings M3.0 felt earthquake near Duncan was well recorded on the #SchoolShake network. No damages expected, but a great reminder to be prepared.

Felt reports and details: www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/...

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EarthquakeAndrew.bsky.social @earthquakeandrew.bsky.social · Aug 19

Even when camping, the earthquakes keep on coming. Didn't feel this out on the west coast, but it was felt across the CRD!

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SchoolShake @schoolshake.bsky.social · Jun 29

Small M1.9 earthquake this morning just offshore #VictoriaBC, at 5:39 am PDT, at 9 km depth. While not large enough to cause damage and not likely to be felt, another reminder of the hazard across the region. Well recoded by the @schoolshake.bsky.social @raspishake.bsky.social network.

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Edwin Nissen @faultydata.bsky.social · May 31

Dusting off our lidar drone ahead of the summer surveying season @thatfaultguy.bsky.social @earthquakeandrew.bsky.social

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EarthquakeAndrew.bsky.social @earthquakeandrew.bsky.social · May 20

Awesome, thanks.. Consider it signed then. In Canada, especially in SWBC and the Cascadia subduction zone, our own alerts and preparedness go hand in hand with the efforts in Washington and Oregon States.

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EarthquakeAndrew.bsky.social @earthquakeandrew.bsky.social · May 20

Fishing for scientific clues!

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EarthquakeAndrew.bsky.social @earthquakeandrew.bsky.social · May 20

Does it do any good for a non American based scientist to also sign?

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EarthquakeAndrew.bsky.social @earthquakeandrew.bsky.social · May 19

While I love the Tour de Ice Cream, do tell, what is the significant landslide and MB Bathy destination?

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EarthquakeAndrew.bsky.social @earthquakeandrew.bsky.social · May 7

If you've got any questions, feel free to reach out to @earthquakeguy.bsky.social and myself 😀

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EarthquakeAndrew.bsky.social @earthquakeandrew.bsky.social · May 7

Another local earthquake, beneath the south end of the peninsula. Once again really nicely picked up by the @schoolshake.bsky.social @raspishake.bsky.social network operated by @seos-uvic.bsky.social, @hakai.org and the Geological Survey of Canada.

SchoolShake @schoolshake.bsky.social · May 7

Victoria, there was a small earthquake 17km below South Oak Bay in the wee hours last night (around 03:41 AM). This was really well detected by our @raspishake.bsky.social network of @schoolshake.bsky.social seismometers! This was a very small event at depth, so would definitely not cause any damage

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EarthquakeAndrew.bsky.social @earthquakeandrew.bsky.social · Apr 3

An update, this event has been relocated by NRCan seismologists to a depth of 15 km.

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SchoolShake @schoolshake.bsky.social · Apr 3

A shallow Magnitude ~2.5 occurred 5:41pm local time near the Canada-US border, between Langley and Abbotsford. Detected with @raspishake.bsky.social instruments across the MVRD and CRD.

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John Cassidy @earthquakeguy.bsky.social · Mar 31

The Geological Survey of Canada (Pacific Geoscience Centre near Victoria, BC and Vancouver, BC) has an opening for a research scientist in Earthquake Seismology. Join a great, diverse team doing cutting edge science. ⚒️🧪
Details:
emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/ap...
Apply by 25 April, 2025

Photo showing buildings of the Pacific Geoscience Centre and Institute of Ocean Sciences located between farmland and the Pacific Ocean (Patricia Bay, near Victoria, British Columbia, Canada). Coast Guard docks are also visible in the photo.

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Dr. Judith Hubbard @judithgeology.bsky.social · Mar 29

The latest models from the USGS show slip, and associated strong shaking, extending much further to the south. Here I have plotted contours of estimated shaking over a map of population density. Note that the fault runs south through a narrow valley that is densely populated.

⚒️ 🧪 Myanmar earthquake

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Brendan O’Neill @permafrostee.bsky.social · Mar 29

Reminder that polls mean nothing unless you get out and vote! elections.ca

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Dr. Judith Hubbard @judithgeology.bsky.social · Mar 28

See our write-up about this earthquake on Earthquake Insights:

earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/catastroph...

Catastrophic M7.7 earthquake caused by rupture of Sagaing Fault in Myanmar

Limited reporting thus far from Myanmar, but this is a big one

earthquakeinsights.substack.com

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EarthquakeAndrew.bsky.social @earthquakeandrew.bsky.social · Mar 27

Actually, a revision to the comments from @schoolshake.bsky.social (they were my comments). The event does have a handful of felt reports from the Saanich Peninsula (6 to be exact, at the time of writing this).

EarthquakeAndrew.bsky.social @earthquakeandrew.bsky.social · Mar 27

A reminder we live in an area of active seismicity. This small event at great depth would not have been felt, but it is well recorded across the peninsula on our @schoolshake.bsky.social network.

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EarthquakeAndrew.bsky.social @earthquakeandrew.bsky.social · Mar 23

Seems that way. I guess I should have checked one more time before positing... The many times I tried over the last few days was apparently not enough...

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EarthquakeAndrew.bsky.social @earthquakeandrew.bsky.social · Mar 23

@julieelliott.bsky.social , and actually the fdsnws service is back working too. Here is an example...
service.iris.edu/fdsnws/datas...

service.iris.edu

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EarthquakeAndrew.bsky.social @earthquakeandrew.bsky.social · Mar 23

Actually, MDA seems to be working now. I wasn't able to use it Friday or yesterday. But now, I am able to 🤣

EarthquakeAndrew.bsky.social @earthquakeandrew.bsky.social · Mar 23

Just curious, any other seismologists out there having difficulty getting data from the @earthscope.org SAGE/GAGE fdsnws services, or are getting a "system currently overloaded" message from the web-based metadata aggregator?

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Christy Till @ctill.bsky.social · Mar 12

The US Geological Survey (in the Dept of the Interior) is the federal agency that runs our volcano observatories & monitors volcanoes in the US for imminent eruption. Their work is critical to protect lives & infrastructure when volcanoes awaken like this. 🌋

Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · Mar 12

The closest active volcano to Anchorage — Mount Spurr — is now expected to erupt within the next few weeks.

Would be a great time to have a fully-staffed NOAA to help navigate the impacts of this likely disaster.

www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

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