The Northern View, October 31, 2012

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Prince Rupert Northern Happy Halloween WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2012 Proudly serving the North Coast - The eNVy of the North www.thenorthernview.com 250-624-8088 VOL. 7 NO. 44

Feature Property NEW S LISTING

SLICKERS RAINGEAR WAREHOUSE For Sale:

349,000

$

Slickers RainGear Warehouse is a successful business that services the entire Northwest Region including Prince Rupert, Haida Gwaii and surrounding communities.This business has been built up and operated for 22 years by the original owner. The primary business is retail sales of all manner of rain gear, rubber boots, gloves and all other associated work related outdoor rain equipment. Please call for further information and additional details with regard to this business. Financial Statements are available upon request from a pre-qualified buyer. Call Gordon @ (250) 624-9298 for additional information !

Gordon Kobza Broker/Owner

Office and Cell: (250) 624-9298

Email: info@gordonkobza.com • www.gordonkobza.com Suite 6 - 342 3rd Ave W. Prince Rupert, BC V8J 1L5

OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH Thank you to all of the Prince Rupert businesses and citizens who assisted in raising funds and awareness For more information on the fight to end breast cancer, please see Page 14

◆7.7 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE

Quake rattles Rupert, Haida Gwaii

Port shuts down, evacuations follow tsunami warning

“We missed the bullet. We’re very, very fortunate.” - Carol Kulesha

By Martina Perry The Northern View

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake rattled the north coast on Saturday evening, with countless aftershocks following. Luckily. no injuries and or substantial damage was done. “We missed the bullet. We’re very, very fortunate. We’re taking it as a good opportunity to practice for something more severe,” Carol Kulesha, mayor of Queen Charlotte City, said. The earthquake occurred at 8:04 p.m. at the epicenter on Oct. 27, 139 kilometres south of Masset. The quake happened 17.5 kilometres below the surface. Although the earthquake happened 202 km away from Prince Rupert, many felt or noticed signs of it. The quake was felt as far inland as Chetwynd through the Pine Pass and as far south as Vancouver. Tsunami warnings were issued shortly after for Haida Gwaii and the north coast, as well as parts of central B.C.’s coast, Alaska and Hawaii. Local Emergency Services and the Prince Rupert Port Authority mustered at the Emergency Operations Command Centre at City Hall, where they closely monitored the situation. In Prince Rupert, emergency services blocked off access to low-laying and coastal areas, with an evacuation notice originally being put in place in those areas. The Prince Rupert Port Authority’s (PRPA) operations were also evacuated as a precaution. Port Edward residents living near the

Shaun Thomas photo

Prince Rupert RCMP cordoned off low-lying areas and evacuated the waterfront Saturday evening after a tsunami warning was issued following the 7.7 magnitude earthquake off Haida Gwaii.

shore and in low laying areas were notified to move to high grounds. Fortunately, because the earthquake was caused by the earth’s plates sliding horizontally across each other in a strikeslip action instead of the plates sliding vertically, the threat of a large tsunami was not likely. Shortly after 11 p.m. on Saturday, the centre ceased operations and Prince Rupert’s terminals, city, and harbour were deemed safe after the tsunami warning was downgraded to an tsunami advisory. The US Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed a 5.8 magnitude aftershock happened ten minutes after the initial quake, with over sixty smaller shocks

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happening over the next day. The largest aftershock, a 6.3 magnitude, happened at 12:09 p.m. on Oct. 28 159 kilometres south-southwest of Masset. “I [haven’t been feeling aftershocks] but I’ve heard that others did,” Kulesha said. Fortunately no injuries or deaths during Saturday’s earthquake have been reported. “No one has required the ambulance. I’ve asked people to report back to me if the situation changed, and so far I’ve heard nothing,” Kulesha said on Sunday. Additionally, there haven’t been reports of any significant damage.

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