Showing posts with label 4.5 quake off Bella Bella. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 4.5 quake off Bella Bella. Show all posts

Saturday, December 20, 2014

4.3, 4.7 magnitude earthquakes Saturday, SW of Bella Bella

4.3 earthquake just before 2 PM
Dec 20
4.7 earthquake just before
6 PM Dec 20













An area North of Port Hardy and Southwest of Bella Bella was the epicentre of moderate earthquake this afternoon, with a 4.3 magnitude earthquake recorded by the USGS at just before 2 PM this afternoon.

The quake located 162 km SW of Bella Bella was listed with a  depth of 10 km.

It is the latest temblor to be felt along the fault lines off shore in recent weeks.

No Tsunami warning was issued as a result of today's seismic event.

The First quake was followed by a Second one, reported just before 6 PM, initially reported to have had a magnitude of 5.1, later revised to 4.7,  located slightly further offshore at 196 km SW of Bella Bella, it also had a depth of 10 km.

Again No Tsunami warning was generated by that event/

You can review past events from our archive page here.