Magnitude 6.5 earthquake Canada
164 km SSE of Kitimat, Canada
- Depth15.0 km
I have not heard of any tsunami alert, which would seem unlikely. Nor have reports of injuries/damage been incoming. So far so good but we await news of course.
By Amy Judd Global News
Posted September 6, 2021 5:02 pm
The USGS Tweet Earthquake Dispatch Twitter account sent out this tweet on Monday afternoon. Twitter
Reports of a 6.5 magnitude earthquake off the west coast of B.C. Monday afternoon appear to have been sent out in error.
The U.S. Geological Survey tweeted at 2:24 p.m. that a preliminary 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck at a depth of 15 km about 164 km south-southeast of Kitimat.
However, the report was quickly removed from the USGS website.
Global News has reached out to the USGS for more information.
According to The Canadian Press, a computer glitch appears to have led to the erroneous report.
Alison Bird of Natural Resources Canada told the agency the automated system is not perfect at processing data and it’s possible two small earthquakes at different locations were detected as one event.
Posted September 6, 2021 5:02 pm
The USGS Tweet Earthquake Dispatch Twitter account sent out this tweet on Monday afternoon. Twitter
Reports of a 6.5 magnitude earthquake off the west coast of B.C. Monday afternoon appear to have been sent out in error.
The U.S. Geological Survey tweeted at 2:24 p.m. that a preliminary 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck at a depth of 15 km about 164 km south-southeast of Kitimat.
However, the report was quickly removed from the USGS website.
Global News has reached out to the USGS for more information.
According to The Canadian Press, a computer glitch appears to have led to the erroneous report.
Alison Bird of Natural Resources Canada told the agency the automated system is not perfect at processing data and it’s possible two small earthquakes at different locations were detected as one event.
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Emergency Management BC confirmed to Global News that they saw the tweet and noticed the event disappeared very quickly.
They said no one at the organization received any report of an earthquake in B.C. Monday and they suspect it was sent in error.
Emergency Management BC confirmed to Global News that they saw the tweet and noticed the event disappeared very quickly.
They said no one at the organization received any report of an earthquake in B.C. Monday and they suspect it was sent in error.
Whoops! USGS Issues Alert for Magnitude 6.5 Quake in Canada But Deletes Bulletin Shortly After
According to the preliminary data, the focus of the earthquake was located at a depth of 15 km in the western part of the British Columbia province, near the cities of Kitimat and Bella Coola.
The US Geological Survey reported on Monday that a significant 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck western Canada, near Queen Charlotte Sound.
There were no immediate reports on casualties or damage inflicted by tremors.
"This alert was falsely generated by an automatic system. It was quickly confirmed to be false and manually deleted. We will update this page when we know details of the error," the USGS explained the error in a statement soon after.
Many users, however, at first expressed confusion about the event's disappearance from the service's website, asking residents of British Columbia whether there really were tremors.
According to the Earthquake Track, there have been five minor tremors registered in British Columbia over the past seven days.
The last earthquake reported by the Canadian government service occurred on August 13, about 6 km from the city of Victoria, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island with a magnitude of 2.0.
According to the preliminary data, the focus of the earthquake was located at a depth of 15 km in the western part of the British Columbia province, near the cities of Kitimat and Bella Coola.
The US Geological Survey reported on Monday that a significant 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck western Canada, near Queen Charlotte Sound.
There were no immediate reports on casualties or damage inflicted by tremors.
"This alert was falsely generated by an automatic system. It was quickly confirmed to be false and manually deleted. We will update this page when we know details of the error," the USGS explained the error in a statement soon after.
Many users, however, at first expressed confusion about the event's disappearance from the service's website, asking residents of British Columbia whether there really were tremors.
According to the Earthquake Track, there have been five minor tremors registered in British Columbia over the past seven days.
The last earthquake reported by the Canadian government service occurred on August 13, about 6 km from the city of Victoria, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island with a magnitude of 2.0.
However, a short time after the preliminary report, the USGS deleted the event from its records, leaving the event unconfirmed. The reason for the non-confirmation of the earthquake could possibly be a failure of the monitoring equipment.
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