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Small earthquake recorded in Canada's most seismically active fault zone
A minor earthquake was recorded off the B.C. coast on Sunday morning, but no damage was reported as a result. Earthquakes Canada said the 3.9-magnitude tremor occurred 46 km west-southwest of Daajing Giids, B.C., and was recorded at a depth of 21 kilometres. SEE ALSO: No damage is to be expected as a result, and none was reported. Mild shaking was reported near Maude Island, however. The quake occurred along the Queen Charlotte Fault, a right-lateral, strike-slip fault, where the opposite side of it moves to the right, just like the San Andreas Fault in California. The fault marks the boundary between the Pacific and the North American plates, Canada's most seismically active fault zone. The largest, regional earthquake in that zone was a massive, 8.1-magnitude tremor that occurred on Aug. 22, 1949--recorded with 100 kilometres of Sunday's tremor. It is Canada's strongest earthquake on record, releasing an estimated two million times more energy than Sunday's 3.9-magnitude tremor. The Sunday B.C. earthquake did not generate a tsunami threat, but follows a few days after the major Russia tremor that did put parts of the coast under a watch and advisory for several hours. However, the 8.8-magnitude earthquake did generate a tsunami for ports on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, near the quake's epicentre, in northern Japan and parts of Hawaii. B.C. residents who felt Sunday's minor earthquake can submit shaking reports, here. WATCH: Explained: Why are earthquakes so hard to predict? Click here to view the video With files from Tyler Hamilton, a meteorologist at The Weather Network, and Nathan Howes, a digital journalist at The Weather Network.
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Small earthquake recorded in Canada's most seismically active fault zone
A minor earthquake was recorded off the B.C. coast on Sunday morning, but no damage was reported as a result. Earthquakes Canada said the 3.9-magnitude tremor occurred 46 km west-southwest of Daajing Giids, B.C., and was recorded at a depth of 21 kilometres. SEE ALSO: No damage is to be expected as a result, and none was reported. Mild shaking was reported near Maude Island, however. The quake occurred along the Queen Charlotte Fault, a right-lateral, strike-slip fault, where the opposite side of it moves to the right, just like the San Andreas Fault in California. The fault marks the boundary between the Pacific and the North American plates, Canada's most seismically active fault zone. The largest, regional earthquake in that zone was a massive, 8.1-magnitude tremor that occurred on Aug. 22, 1949--recorded with 100 kilometres of Sunday's tremor. It is Canada's strongest earthquake on record, releasing an estimated two million times more energy than Sunday's 3.9-magnitude tremor. The Sunday B.C. earthquake did not generate a tsunami threat, but follows a few days after the major Russia tremor that did put parts of the coast under a watch and advisory for several hours. However, the 8.8-magnitude earthquake did generate a tsunami for ports on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, near the quake's epicentre, in northern Japan and parts of Hawaii. B.C. residents who felt Sunday's minor earthquake can submit shaking reports, here. WATCH: Explained: Why are earthquakes so hard to predict? Click here to view the video With files from Tyler Hamilton, a meteorologist at The Weather Network, and Nathan Howes, a digital journalist at The Weather Network.
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Russian volcano erupts for first time in 600 years
A volcano has erupted for the first time in 600 years in an event believed to be linked to the huge earthquake that rocked Russia days ago. Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka threw up a 3.7-mile high plume of ash overnight on Sunday. The far eastern peninsula had been epicentre of Wednesday's 8.8-magnitude earthquake that triggered tsunami warnings for Japan, parts of the US and the Philippines. 'This is the first historically confirmed eruption of Krasheninnikov Volcano in 600 years,' Russian state news agency RIA quoted Olga Girina, head of the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team. On the Telegram, Girina said that Krasheninnikov's last lava effusion took place on 1463 - within an 80-year range - and no eruption has been known since. The volcano itself stands at 6089ft (1,856m). 'The ash cloud has drifted eastward, toward the Pacific Ocean. There are no populated areas along its path,' the country's ministry for emergency services added. Russian experts had warned aftershocks were possible after this week's earthquake, one of the strongest ever recorded. Millions of people were evacuated.
