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.
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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