Magnitude 6.3 - VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION") 2004 July 19 08:01:48 UTC

USGS Earthquake Hazards and Yahoo News AFP ^ | 19 July 2004

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Magnitude 6.3 - VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION
2004 July 19 08:01:48 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

A strong earthquake occurred at 08:01:48 (UTC) on Monday, July 19, 2004. The magnitude 6.3 event has been located in the VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude	6.3
Date-Time	Monday, July 19, 2004 at 08:01:48 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Monday, July 19, 2004 at 1:01:48 AM = local time at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	49.679°N, 126.940°W
Depth	22 km (13.7 miles) set by location program
Region	VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION
Distances	127 km (79 miles) WSW (255°) from Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada 221 km (137 miles) WNW (285°) from Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada 224 km (139 miles) NW (312°) from Neah Bay, WA 279 km (173 miles) W (281°) from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 3.7 km (2.3 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	Nst=218, Nph=218, Dmin=279 km, Rmss=0.97 sec, Gp= 29°, M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	uslcaj
Felt Reports	Felt throughout Vancouver Island including Alert Bay, Campbell River, Comox, Courtenay, Duncan, Nanaimo, Port Alice, Port McNeill and Victoria. Also felt at Gibsons, Powell River, Sechelt, Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia. Felt at Anacortes, Bellingham and Blaine, Washington.

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Excerpt from Yahoo AFP News:

"Mon Jul 19, 9:35 AM ET

STRASBOURG (AFP) - A major earthquake, measuring 6.2 points on the Richter scale, hit Vancouver Island off the Pacific coast of Canada, a French seismological institute reported.

The epicentre of the earthquake was at 49.69 degrees North and 126.90 degrees West, about 300 kilometres (190 miles) northwest of Vancouver city, the Strasbourg-based Observatory of Science and the Earth said in a statement..." (End Yahoo.com News Excerpt)

Yahoo AFP News: Major Earthquake Near Vancouver

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These are the most recent quakes near Lakeview, Oregon.

Magnitude 2.9 - OREGON 2004 July 23 20:06:27 UTC

Magnitude 2.7 - OREGON 2004 July 23 08:43:57 UTC

Magnitude 2.6 - OREGON 2004 July 23 04:46:14 UTC

Magnitude 2.5 - OREGON 2004 July 23 00:25:49 UTC

Magnitude 4.3 - OREGON 2004 July 22 20:26:27 UTC

Magnitude 3.1 - OREGON 2004 July 22 13:40:10 UTC

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Geeze Louise! I think I am going to go take a look at the history of that area.