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TERRACE - The Terrace and District Chamber or Commerce’s annual business excellence awards are about to be presented at a gala Nov. 24. Leydi Noble, on the left, is in charge of dressing the room for the event while overall organization is being undertaken by Carol Fielding, right, the chamber’s executive director.
Earthquake shakes northern coast region By Martina Perry
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PRINCE RUPERT - 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 in the ocean, many felt or noticed signs of it. The quake
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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. The Prince Rupert Port Authority’s (PRPA) operations were also evacuated as a precaution. Port Edward residents living near the 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 hor-
izontally across each other in a strike-slip action instead of the plates sliding vertically, the threat of a large tsunami was not likely. The US Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed a 5.8 magnitude aftershock happened ten minutes after the initial quake, with over sixty smaller shocks happening over the next day. The largest aftershock, a 6.3 magnitude, happened at 12:09 p.m. on Oct. 28 159 kilometres southsouthwest of Masset. According to National Resources Canada, the Oct. 27 earthquake was the second largest in Canadian history, behind 1949’s 8.1 magnitude earthquake that also happened offshore of Haida Gwaii. The third largest Canadian earthquake occurred
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in 1970, hitting south of Haida Gwaii with a magnitude of 7.4. Although no major damage or tsunami occurred, response times by provincial officials are being heavily criticized. Kelli Kryzanowski, the B.C. manager of strategic initiatives for Emergency Management B.C., told CBC she was pleased with the way local governments and individuals reacted. She said EMBC sent out thousands of phone calls, faxes and e-mails to first responders but was evasive why EMBC’s warning came some 42 minutes after a USGS warning. Any tsunami that would have developed from the Haida Gwaii earthquake would have already enveloped Prince Rupert in those 42 minutes.