Friday, September 9, 2011

First West Coast Earthquake!

Today, there was a 6.4 magnitude earthquake on the Western Coast of Vancouver Island. The city of Vancouver is actually not on "the island", so that is a misconception. Anyway, it was quite far but around 12:45pm or so this afternoon, I started to see my computer screen sway.


Melvin was working from home and simultaneously, we asked each other:
Coleen: Are we shaking?
Melvin: Do you feel that?


Apparently, the quake was felt as far east as Nebraska and as far south as San Francisco. It was also felt in Kamloops, B.C. which is the interior. Thankfully, it was "minor" within the city and a lot of people didn't even feel it. However, we live on the lucky 13th floor, so we got a taste of it.


Hopefully, that'll be the end of this topic for as long as we live here. 



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