Best & Worst Places to be in B.C. in an Earthquake

What are the top earthquake “danger zones” in the lower mainland? With the recent seismic activity we chat with SFU Geologist John Clague about who is most at risk in the region in the event of the BC Big One.

[@infowarsrecast4679]

I disagree, it wouldn't take hours for a tsunami to hit Vancouver. The Prince William (1964), 2011 Tohuku Quake and 2004 Indian Ocean tsunamis all hit within minutes...and kept coming, depends on location, size of quake and other events. You don't have to have a quake to produce a tsunami, many are caused by landslides. Tsunamis tend to flow up the mouths of rivers further, especially if the walls of the river valley are steep, this is another factor to consider. Liquefaction can suck a building up or cause it to topple over. Retrofit buildings or those built to code with a tolerance for 6 or 7 magn. quakes, may survive a smaller quake but repeated blows (aftershocks) can have devasting failures. Sometimes the aftershock can be higher in magnitude. I don't know about Vancouver's codes but most buildings aren't engineered to withstand anything over a 7.

[@DAYBROK3]

InfoWars Recast the straits of Georgia and Vancouver harbour would slosh around also

[@rayanomar4832]

vancouver is very sheltered by the island, so the main damage would not be of the tsunami

[@tyronewalker5764]

You talking about the Cascadia Subduction Zone? 🤔

[@blackbartsimps0n560]

@@tyronewalker5764 yes that's what the videos about lmao.

[@venus_envy]

For real, it took hours for the tsunami from the 1700 quake to hit Japan, and that was the wave travelling across the Pacific, not a tiny straight.

[@bcinspectorman]

Those who question the timing and height of a tsunami on the western shores of Metro Vancouver need to have a look at a map and note the orientation of Juan de Fuca Strait and the number of islands (San Juan and southern Gulf Islands) between Victoria and Vancouver. From Neah Bay, NW tip of the Olympic Peninsula to Boundary Bay is 180 kms and from the subduction zone epicenter another 100 kms. Distance, direction and landmass deflection all have a bearing on the characteristics of a tsunami generated by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake from the Cascadia subduction zone.

[@edde591]

Unfortunately Richmond/Tsawwassen/Ladner area will liquify. Including YVR and anything that's flat and close to water level.

[@tomaaron6187]

As a geophysicist I’m shaking my head at the incompetency of the guest. ‘The Big One’ could literally destroy Vancouver. He has no concept of liquefaction.

[@kingroad33655]

You got it right. The big one might come on December 13, 2021. Let's wait and see.

[@bcinspectorman]

I question your qualifications. Was Tokyo destroyed by the 2011 9.0 magnitude subduction zone earthquake? In the metro Tokyo region 90 people were injured and 7 people were killed. Fukushima Prefecture, 35 km from the east coast of Japan and 125 km from the epicenter had only 19 people injured and 3 people lost their lives.

[@madisonr840]

@@kingroad33655 well

[@infowarsrecast4679]

Severe liquefaction can knock buildings over or suck them under. Most moderate quakes have some liquefaction, the stronger they are, the worse it gets. Harrison Hot Springs has the potential of devastating tsunamis in the lake as the hills crumble.

[@Organizerism]

If the Cascadia fault line lies approximately 50 miles offshore and a tsunami moves at a typical speed of 300 m/h it will not take hours for it to reach land. It will take minutes. The waves from the big earthquakes in Thailand and Indonesia traveled across the Indian Ocean with a speed up to 800 km/h or around 500 m/h.

[@bcinspectorman]

See my reply above your comment. Even though the 2011 tsunami in Japan was generated by the 9.0 earthquake 150 kms from the Fukushima power plant it took 1 hr to reach the shores there. As the seabed gets shallower the speed of the tsunami diminishes.

[@---nw8qu]

Man always underestimates the power of nature.

[@MrBonners]

This guy is under stating what will happen.

[@rexluminus9867]

Nice calming video. A cake walk. He is way off. Always be ready.

[@dlwatib]

Agreed. He's way too calm. The maps he showed say it all. If you live in Richland, move. Also, You may not have hours before a tsunami hits. You will if it's an earthquake in Japan and it's got to move clear across the Pacific, but not if it's a local earthquake off the coast of BC. In that case those on the western shores of Vancouver Island will only have about 15 minutes.

[@rayanomar4832]

@@dlwatib if i live in surrey, will i be fine?

[@crazyforcanada]

Tell us about quakes and Victoria Island.

[@tyronewalker5764]

This gal is something else!

[@aaliyahrose7203]

I guess living in the hood far from the rich areas of Vancouver is actually a blessing 🤣

[@ishigoku]

surrey the place to be lol

[@depresshood1076]

surrey 😂

[@cheeko9174]

I agree with you Aaliyah I believe that he is underestimating big time have a look at what I told him up top, I’m afraid because if the fall line snaps I have relatives live in California and they live right on the ocean, and I cannot talk any sense into my grandson my stepdaughter and her husband. Most people are smart but when it comes to this kind of stuff they think much differently, we have no control over what happens and we’re going to find in the very near future, how many more mistakes are we going to make before we get smarter. And by the time they realize it will be too late. God says directly in the Bible what he’s going to do and he’s already started it by the end of 22 there will be no island and very little of the municipality of Vancouver California Mexico he also says he’s going to take 1/3 of the population. How many more prophecies have already come to pass, many

[@stephensmith1118]

@@cheeko9174 dont remember reading that bit ?

[@devs15]

So I’m in Richmond, will Vancouver Island block the tsunami?

[@kbs1212]

Devin Isobe No.

[@rayanomar4832]

@@kbs1212 in surrey will it

[@farkhoddle6093]

Richmond will sink.it has nothing to do with Tsunami ..it's liquefaction

[@Liam.keenlyside]

Richmond is below sea level...

[@venus_envy]

@@Liam.keenlyside I was looking for the comment. It's already below sea level, any waves there, combined with the sudden loss of elevation (1 to 2m) will basically put much of the city under water, and that's before we even take liquefaction into consideration.

[@MegaMikeylikes]

The entire Pacific is at the most risk why the tsunami waves hit all the entire pacific.Look where the fault is located latitude on the planet, this isn't Valdez Alaska, Sumatra, Chile, or Northeast Japan.The waves parallel the coast and move horizontal.The right side waves will be the waves that create most damage to the U.S. and Canada.The backside of these waves hit the entire pacific within 12 hours to a bit more for Sumatra, Australia, New Zealand. Compound the overall equation with subsidence of a drop in your coastline and tide also plays a factor. So we know that a 9.0 can pick up a column of water that is approximate 10 billion cubic meters, 1 cubic meter weighs 1000 kg's. So whoever decided to move Tolfino and relocate the town up in elevation is thinking outside the box. A 3 day emergency kit won't do in a event of this magnitude, people are going to have to be taught to become self sufficient for 4-6 weeks period.Why, we don't have near enough military emo etc to help people on this scale.Your roads with the ground breakage will be impossible to travel by car, a dirt bike would be more likely. Folks in the lower mainland into Vancouver liquid faction get used to the term.Your government buildings won't survive a full rupture of this fault, you have to come up with a plan to move your members elsewhere so you can conduct government on the provincial level. In landslides entire communities may be lost roadways cut off for months and it will take months to dig each of these out its the amount of earth and not enough heavy equipment to move the earth off the roadways etc. I'm glad Science/history has figured this event out because if no high tide gauges a early warning system and the type of infrastructure would create a death toll somewhere in the 6 digit range. Is Canada prepared for this event not yet, lets be positive and keep moving forward all your bridges and buildings have to be constructed to 1-1000 year events. Look at Japan's 2011 event, because of these building practices saved so many buildings and bridges etc. In Tokyo for example those high rise buildings are placed onto huge slabs of rubber to obsorb the shaking so the structure won't fail at the top etc.Those buildings swayed like that though the epicenter was far off to the North East. The S waves or slower moving waves that do the damage reach about 2,000 miles.150-200 feet elevation within 30 minutes on the Pacific side of the island. You have to be at that height because of the columns of these waves push with tremendous power, the front end of the wave slows but its the backside of the column of water that acts like a battering ram, because its moving faster. Don't be afraid just be prepared practice evac drills from buildings etc 5 minutes early warning is plenty of time to get out and away from the structures. You will have to help each other out as best you can so figure out who your neighbor is figure out where your large hills are in the community etc all of this will be required to survive.

[@DAYBROK3]

mike brown then there is the bottle neck called Hope, almost all roads go through Hope. The cliffs there are quite unstable as things are now. The scariest part are the rivers that go through there would be blocked as well.

[@ericlloyd663]

it just causes "damage" hmmmm

[@lileener]

It's definitely com no this week the government said that and I live in BC Canada Vancouver Richmond so I am really scared

[@cnilz9847]

Pets In Paradise there was a earthquake in Alberta I didn't feel it but my family did it happend a few weeks ago

[@ryannewton1786]

Renee Bel it's fine

[@rexluminus9867]

Renee Bel Than move out of Richmond ASAP.

[@subsWithnotonevideo]

Surrey yo

[@follow_fraser3081]

So Richmond might disappear one day.... hmmmmm.....

[@ryannewton5423]

Oh well lol

[@MrBonners]

big increase of seismic activity in the last few weeks. Mt.Hood and Helens and others, an increase in rumbling.

[@allenjanvalie]

is a big earthquake still goingto happen? ive heard this big earthquake story for awhile now lol

[@MrBonners]

@@allenjanvalie The activity went from 10 to 15 quakes per week at 0.5 to 1.5 Mag. Then a week of 80 tremors per day and jumped to 800 tremors per day. That quieted down and more 15 to 20 quakes off Cal and Oregon coast at 2.5 Mag in 2 weeks and now been another week or so of 3.5 to 5.0 meg quakes, 10 or so. Are things ramping up? Seems so.

[@allenjanvalie]

@@MrBonners I live in BC surrey area , will my area be ok?!

[@MrBonners]

@@allenjanvalie plenty of videos here about the cascadia plate earthquakes. do a search.

[@wyattgraff8306]

So central east van is all g

[@iReturnV1deotapes]

Great. Let's all just invade the crackheads and junkies on skid row hastings to stay safe...

[@devs15]

I hope that the earthquake doesn’t hit in the next hundred years

[@Slowmodem1]

I think 30 minutes for tsunami to reach shore.

[@julieannspas518]

A large quake will take down the mirrored high rises, look at what happened to Boston during a hurricane, glass panels flew off buildings, will this be an earthquakes that will make crumble out of all your buildings.

[@kristensosa5359]

Rip gastown

[@groundsteady]

Still waiting

[@stephensmith1118]

so when the earthquake hits, its time for Rock n Roll and a whole lot of shaking...

[@diashussain3218]

how bout surrey?

[@ibpatman1]

Hopefully it will sink!

[@ryannewton1786]

Potato nah

[@farkhoddle6093]

Surrey is bedrock

[@j.v.c6465]

And how about and astetoid hitting earth, and shifting the poles?..

[@DAYBROK3]

J.V.C the poles are moving now, and moving quite quickly.

[@ru.kiddingme]

@J.V.C. "and astetoid" i haven't the foggiest.

[@blainejobin1039]

hi, people,, you know theres still seems to be a lack of seeing the whole pitchure,,liqidfaction,, and the tsunami , may be the least of your warreys,, the edge if the explorer plate,, and the coastail mountians that its going under,,,has a maxamim,,point of,,,,if you will,, flex, for the subductiong proccess to accure,,and the whight facture of the coastal mtn range to sink, once the point is subdude,,and the-( 0%) of compression is reached,, the elevation drop will be unuff for the water to enter into the uncompressed zone,, between the coastal mtns, and the Rocky Treanch. The real emergancy planning should be ---what rout will save the most lives,,to the alberta side of the Rocky Treach,,!!! I hope this is helpfull,,, on your thinking patturn of this matter,, Moccasins

[@kbs1212]

Blaine Jobin I’m super interested in what you’re saying but I just about had a stroke trying to read it all.

[@venus_envy]

@@kbs1212 I think this person is trying to say everything to the west of the rockies will sink or drop down I elevation enough to be flooded with water and Alberta will be the new southwest coast of Canada. But yeah, it's hard to even read it. :\

[@ryantheman27]

anyone. Ready for the big one

[@cringeworthyhumans160]

Nope, but I know it's coming... apparently the shock wave will possibly be felt in western Manitoba if the Big one were to occur... expect me to be one of the first casualties...

[@stevencendejas510]

I live right off of it. But I mean 3 years later from when you said this so Amen we're still alive

[@ru.kiddingme]

run outside

[@jerrysetlerr770]

The most sought after places to live are always under some natural disasture ticking time bomb ...go figure

[@cheeko9174]

That’s all fine and dandy but what if the earthquakes get larger and larger the Community would never stand up to that. You talk about they’re always small earthquakes but what happens if it’s a much larger earthquake. I’m just saying, I think the peopleIn the metro Vancouver area should be well prepared because they are coming we know the earthquakes will be there and through my research I have discovered that they are going to be bigger and will affect the whole West Coast.So instead of saying something like well they’re all smaller earthquakes and we’ve never had any any larger, you should be saying prepare for the worst because the worst is coming. I believe that you are underestimating. If I lived in your area I would want to let the public know that these earthquakes that are coming are going to be much larger than we have ever seen. Check out China right now was there ever an earthquake in China. Yes and the devastation of it created is massive it has taken the economy away from the Chinese continent. Among other things, but the topic is earthquakes and the fault line. If the fault line should happen to break because of an earthquake The devastation that would follow all the way from British Columbia rate down to Mexico will probably all go at the same time. What would you say that, compared to now, like I said be prepared because you will all pay the price of being negligent

[@johnnyboy195516]

how do you ever know when where it may take place this earth quake! it is all guessing !!!!

[@DAYBROK3]

John Broda no sorry to scare you but there is a huge, really really immense subduction fault off the coast of Vancouver Island. That’s how they know. They even know when the last time it happened and how often. Do some investigation for yourself “cascadia subduction zone”.

[@devs15]

John professionals 👌

[@dsb5417]

everyone move away from bc ASAP, when i have the money i’m out!

[@jorgeblanco3856]

EarthquAkes in vancouver are rare I don't believe this video

[@ryannewton5423]

50 yrs it will

[@user-zs7eb5uc9r]

Who knows?

[@tyronewalker5764]

I think she's looking for a husband. 🙄

[@ecampbell5837]

That’s what was thinking too. Hard to get past it and listen to the interview