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School-based seismic network and earthquake outreach on Vancouver Island

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SchoolShake @schoolshake.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Small M2.1 earthquake beneath Orcas Island just after 5:30 AM this morning. Unlikely to be felt at a depth of 57 km, but a good reminder we live above an active Subduction Zone. Beautifully picked up across the local seismic networks, including at a number of schools.
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SchoolShake @schoolshake.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
A series of 3 earthquakes this morning in and around Southern Vancouver Island: 6:06 AM M1.0 20km deep beneath Victoria 8:45 AM M1.6 22km deep just south of Victoria 9:11 AM M0.8 23 km deep just south of Victoria near Washington State. (SchoolShake Waveforms in the next post).
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SchoolShake @schoolshake.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Small earthquake local to Victoria, just over a half hour ago, at 12:10 PST. At 25km depth just off from Albert Head.
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SchoolShake @schoolshake.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Tuesday's 530am #earthquake was a well-timed follow-up to #ShakeOutBC. The early timing and quiet schools resulted in the event being nicely recorded on all #SchoolShake instruments. If you felt it, you can still report it here www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/dyfi-lavr/fo...
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SchoolShake @schoolshake.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
This mornings M3.0 felt earthquake near Duncan was well recorded on the #SchoolShake network. No damages expected, but a great reminder to be prepared. Felt reports and details: www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/...
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SchoolShake @schoolshake.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Felt earthquake in the Juan de Fuca straight just south of Victoria! This was felt across the CRD and in Washington State. No damage expected, but another reminder we live in earthquake country.
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SchoolShake @schoolshake.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Small M1.9 earthquake this morning just offshore #VictoriaBC, at 5:39 am PDT, at 9 km depth. While not large enough to cause damage and not likely to be felt, another reminder of the hazard across the region. Well recoded by the @schoolshake.bsky.social @raspishake.bsky.social network.
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SchoolShake @schoolshake.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Victoria, there was a small earthquake 17km below South Oak Bay in the wee hours last night (around 03:41 AM). This was really well detected by our @raspishake.bsky.social network of @schoolshake.bsky.social seismometers! This was a very small event at depth, so would definitely not cause any damage
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SchoolShake @schoolshake.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
A shallow Magnitude ~2.5 occurred 5:41pm local time near the Canada-US border, between Langley and Abbotsford. Detected with @raspishake.bsky.social instruments across the MVRD and CRD.
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SchoolShake @schoolshake.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
While almost certainly not felt, another example of a local, deep earthquake happen yesterday just off the Saanich Peninsula. An M2.3 event at 49 km depth, which was well recorded by most of our @raspishake.bsky.social stations in the area. @seos-uvic.bsky.social @hakai.org
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SchoolShake @schoolshake.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Small Earthquake just off from Colwood this afternoon at 4:24 PM local time. A small M0.8 event at 9 km depth, but still detectable with the local seismic networks and a few of the SchoolShake stations!
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Edwin Nissen @faultydata.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Another day, another small earthquake in the northern Cascadia forearc. Here it is on one of our @schoolshake.bsky.social seismometers in Victoria BC 🇨🇦
Seismogram showing P and S waves from a nearby earthquake
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John Cassidy @earthquakeguy.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Did you feel shaking at 4:18 PT this afternoon on southern #VancouverIsland or the Olympic Peninsula, #WA? That was a M3.9 earthquake located 60 km south of Victoria and 30 km south of Port Angeles. More: www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/... USGS: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... ⚒️🧪
Seismograms showing shaking from today's M3.9 earthquake on the Olympic Peninsula. Map showing the location of the M3.9 earthquake, 60 km to the south of Victoria.
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SchoolShake @schoolshake.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Another small but felt earthquake occured March 6th at 16:18 PST, deep within the Olympic Mountains of Washington State. While a M3.8-3.9, at 42km depth it was not as widely felt as Monday's. Picked up nicely on the SchoolShake @raspishake.bsky.social Network.
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SchoolShake @schoolshake.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Mw 4.1 Earthquake beneath Orcas Island, this morning at 05:03:37 PST. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17 km, and was felt across the region. Attached is the location of the event, as well as the signal from it recorded on Raspberry Shake Seismometer throughout the region!
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John Cassidy @earthquakeguy.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
That was quite the shake here in #Victoria 🇨🇦 at 05:02 PT. M4.6 near Orcas Island, 45 km ENE from Victoria and 70 km from Vancouver. Felt all across southwest BC and northwest WA. Details and to report shaking: www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/...
Map showing the location of this morning's (5:02 PT) M4.6 earthquake.Seismograms showing ground shaking from this morning's widely felt earthquake. M4.6 about 45 km from Victoria.
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Edwin Nissen @faultydata.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Clear P and S wave arrivals recorded by @schoolshake.bsky.social at North Saanich Middle School here on southern Vancouver Island. No relation to the M 5 Sechelt earthquake ten days ago (120 km N… too far for a direct aftershock for an EQ this size)
Seismogram showing distinct P and S wave arrivals
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SchoolShake @schoolshake.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
M5 earthquake north of Sechelt, BC, occurred at 13:26:33 local time (PST). Widely felt across the Sunshine Coast, Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island. Picked up across the SchoolShake Network.
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SchoolShake @schoolshake.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Here are the waveforms from the 23:23 UTC Cayman Islands Mw7.6 that occurred earlier today. You can see the waves arrive across the SchoolShake Network Raspberry Shakes in South West BC a bit more than 8 minutes after the earthquake.
Seismic waveforms recorded on Raspberry Shake seismometers of the Schoolshake network across SW British Columbia Raspberry Shake stations in SW British Columbia
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