Earthquake Preparedness

• Grab-and-go: How to prepare for evacuation as B.C. fire and flood risk grows

  With the growing threat of wildfires, floods and other climate change-related disasters, do you know what to do to be prepared for an evacuation?

  Environment

  May 18, 2023
  
• Earthquake warning sensors installed off B.C. coast

  It's not a matter of "if," but a matter of "when" the big one will strike.

  Science

  Jul 27, 2016
  
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• Why Chile’s earthquake didn’t claim more lives

  The magnitude 8.3 earthquake that rocked Chile early Thursday morning could have been far, far worse.

  Science

  Sep 17, 2015
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• B.C. is not ready for ‘the Big One’: Report

  In a release, the BC Government says it is clear from Henry Renteria's report and from previous reports, that "more must be done at the individual level, and at all levels of government if B.C. is going to be adequately prepared for a major earthquake or other catastrophic disaster."

  Mar 27, 2015
• San Francisco earthquake reminds British Columbians to be prepared

  San Francisco was struck by a 6.0 magnitude earthquake today at 3:20 a.m., the strongest to hit the area in 25 years.

  Aug 24, 2014
• Could B.C. deal with an earthquake as strong as the one that hit Chile?

  B.C. has luckily not been hit with a major, damage causing quake in a very long time. That's a bit of mixed blessing when it comes to being prepared for "the big one."

  Canada

  Apr 3, 2014