Originally Posted By: Lono
Out here in the PNW we have the M7.7 quake off the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii) north of Vancouver BC, with a swarm of dozens of M4-M5 after shocks. We're lucky its a sparsely inhabited area ~550 miles away from Seattle; someday this will happen off the Pacific coast of Portland or maybe Forks, WA.


I don't want to hijack the East Coast Storm thread too much, however that was a huge quake on Saturday night. Had the quake hit down here (about 400 miles south), the damage and destruction would of been severe in my area which has a much higher population of 2.6 million. To give some comparisons, last night's quake was not much lower in strength then the 1906 San Francisco and was almost 1 point higher on the Richter scale then the 1989 San Fran quake.

For those of you waiting for the East Coast storm, be safe and put all your learned skills and also your supplies to good use if and when needed.
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