Sunday, January 26, 2020

Minor earthquake in B.C.’s Fraser Valley ‘lightly’ felt throughout the region

BY SEAN BOYNTON GLOBAL NEWS
Posted January 25, 2020 
   
The approximate location of an earthquake that struck in B.C.'s Fraser Valley on Jan. 25, 2020. Google Maps

A minor earthquake that struck B.C.’s Fraser Valley Saturday morning was still felt by people across the region.

Earthquakes Canada said the 1.9-magnitude quake struck around 9:15 a.m. just north of Agassiz and about 15 kilometres northeast of Chilliwack.

There were no reports of damage, but several people said they felt shaking in Chilliwack and Abbotsford.

READ MORE: 4.5-magnitude earthquake strikes off Vancouver Island, reported felt in Vancouver

“It was a very loud bang which shook the house, followed by more ‘normal’ rumble/shaking,” said Dana Wilford, who lives in the Harrison Hot Springs area near Agassiz.

“It wasn’t a ‘typical’ quake for sure.”

The quake happened less than 24 hours after a 4.5-magnitude quake struck off the southwestern coast of Vancouver Island.

That earthquake was felt as far away as Metro Vancouver, which seismologists say is due to seismic activity on a major Pacific tectonic plate.

That plate is different from the one where several large quakes struck in quick succession off the northern coast of Vancouver Island around Christmas.

(AP Photo/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner file photo)
Second earthquake in two days strikes near Agassiz
A 2.6-magnitude recorded Saturday morning
ASHLEY WADHWANI Jan. 25, 2020 
There’s been a second earthquake in only a few days time in Agassiz.
A 2.6-magnitude quake was recorded at 9:20 a.m. Saturday roughly four kilometres north of the Fraser Valley town at a depth of just under seven kilometres, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Magnitude 2.6 #earthquake near #Agassiz #BC this morning. Reports of people hearing a loud "boom" and houses shaking.

— Darren Kennedy (@TheDarrenK) January 25, 2020

On Thursday evening, locals were woken by a 1.6-magnitude rumble. Yesterday, a 4.8-magnitude shake was recorded off the coast of Ucluelet on Vancouver Island at 1:30 p.m.

People across Vancouver Island and in the Lower Mainland took to social media saying they felt it.

READ MORE: 4.8 earthquake shakes Vancouver Island’s west coast

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