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Vancouver Island Quake

Posted on June 23, 2026 by Caryn

On June 23, 1946, a powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Vancouver Island, causing significant damage but relatively few casualties thanks to its timing and location. The quake struck at about 10:13a, Pacific Time, and it remains the largest recorded onshore … Continue reading →

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1755 Portugal Earthquake

Posted on November 1, 2025 by Caryn

These days, we expect to hear of earthquakes with relative regularity, but we seldom expect that that thousands of people will lose their lives in them, but in 1755, buildings were not built with reinforced steel and other earthquake preparedness … Continue reading →

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A History Of Seismic Activity

Posted on January 12, 2025 by Caryn

Having a history of seismic activity, January 12, 2010’s, earthquake in Haiti was not a total shock, but what was shocking was the devastation when that quake turned out to be massive. So devastating was the quake, that there was an immediate global response. Continue reading →

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The Valdivia Earthquake of 1575

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Caryn

On this day, December 16th, in the year 1575, an earthquake occurred near Valdivia Chile. The city of Valdivia and the Chiloé Archipelago were once the two southernmost outliers of the Spanish Empire, located just north of the southern tip of South America. Continue reading →

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Whittier Narrows Quake

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Caryn

The quiet morning of October 1, 1987, was suddenly shattered at 7:42 am by the ominous shaking of a 6.1 earthquake. The quake, located in Whittier, California, killed 6 people and injured 100 more that fateful day. The quake lasted 30 seconds, Continue reading →

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Disaster Prevention Day

Posted on September 1, 2024 by Caryn

It was a typical lunch hour in Japan’s capital city of Tokyo, and the neighboring “City of Silk” Yokohama that September 1, 1923. People were out and about doing their normal lunchtime things, eating and running errands before going back to work. Continue reading →

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Charleston, South Carolina Quake

Posted on August 31, 2024 by Caryn

The shaking began at 9:51pm that August 31, 1886, and by the time it was over, more than 100 people in Charleston, South Carolina would be dead and hundreds of buildings were destroyed. It wasn’t that there were no warnings. Continue reading →

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The Big One

Posted on April 18, 2023 by Caryn

On April 18, 1906, many of the people in the San Francisco, California area were sound asleep in their beds. It was, after all, 5:13am. Suddenly, the people were jolted awake by an earthquake, which was estimated to be close to 8.0 on the Richter scale. Continue reading →

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How Could They Know

Posted on July 21, 2022 by Caryn

These days, we have early warning alarms for tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, and even tsunamis, but on July 21, 365, no such warnings existed, not did any kind of measuring tools so we could know the magnitude of the earthquake that caused tsunamis, Continue reading →

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Témiscamingue Earthquake

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Caryn

I suppose that if I lived in Quebec, Canada, I might have heard the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region and maybe even the Western Quebec Seismic Zone. Since I don’t, these areas are new to me. Maybe they were new to a lot of people, but on November 1, 1935, a lot more people knew about them. Continue reading →

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