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John Cassidy
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NRCan earthquake seismologist + University of Victoria Adjunct Professor. Works with engineers, emergency managers, and communities to help minimize the impact of #earthquakes. Also, posts on Nature and Gardening (Zone 9a). 🌱 🧪⚒️ 🏞 🇨🇦
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#RemembranceDay
So grateful to all of the women and men who serve or have served to protect #Canada.
Remembering my Dad and all of my uncles who served in the Royal Canadian Navy. These photos are from the 2020 Royal Canadian Navy Victoria shoreline sail past.
#CanadaRemembers #LestWeForget 🇨🇦
Photo of a Royal Canadian naval vessel sailing past Victoria. Grey skies and a grey sea. Mountains in the distant background. Daughter and grandson on the beach watching the Royal Canadian Navy sailpast of Victoria in 2020. Grey skies, grey seas, and a colourful red jacket.
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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The huge footprint of large earthquakes…
The 3 November, 2002 M7.9 Denali #earthquake had impacts to distances of 3500+ km across western Canada. Shaking caused people to feel seasick, chandeliers swayed, water wells turned muddy and seiches were generated
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/art...
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Four maps of western Canada showing unusual effects of the 2002 Denali earthquake. Shaking was felt to 3500 km distance, people felt seasick/dizzy, chandeliers swayed, water wells turned muddy and seiches were generated.
November 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
earthquakeguy.bsky.social
A question for my gardening friends...
Should it stay, or should it go now?
This Juliet tomato plant still has lots of cherry tomatoes. The November sun is not very strong, so they turn pink slowly. No frost for
the forseeable future, about 13C /55F highs and about 7C /45F lows.
Thanks for advice 🌱
Juliet tomato plant with green leaves and mostly green or pinkish tomatoes in November.
November 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Large earthquakes in eastern #Canada?
Yes.
November 1, 1935: a damaging M6.1 quake struck Témiscaming, #Québec. Chimneys collapsed, landslides were triggered. Felt across #Ontario, QC, NB and from Chicago to #NYC to Virginia. Details:
earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/historic-his...
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Map showing how the November 1, 1935 M6.1 Témiscaming, #Québec was felt across eastern North America. Shaking was felt across ON, QC, NB and from Chicago to New York City to Virginia.
November 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Welcome to November! The red banana plants are still happy (despite the recent monsoon) and the Mexican Orange plant is getting it's second, smaller bloom. Fall is in the air though...
#VancouverIsland
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Red banana plant in the garden. Still relatively happy, even though it is November. A second bloom of white and yellow blossoms on the Mexican Orange plant. Green leaves and blue skies in the background.
November 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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View from the office, October 30th update. Not too bad...
#yyj
#VancouverIsland
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Photo taken on October 30 showing red fall colours on the Maple trees. with blue sky behind.
October 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Fish in the forest, seaweed in trees?
Yes - 13 years ago tonight, the M7.8 #HaidaGwaii earthquake generated the world's largest #tsunami of 2012. Runup to 13m in some inlets left seaweed in trees and fish in the forest. If you are near water and feel long and strong shaking, go to high ground.
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A photo of seaweed in trees and a GPS unit to measure the height above sea level. The seaweed in the trees was deposited by the October 27th, 2012 tsunami generated by an offshore M7.8 earthquake. GSC photo.
October 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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13 years ago today (at 8:04 pm) a M7.8 earthquake rocked #HaidaGwaii. This offshore #earthquake was felt to more than 1000 km distance, caused strong shaking, landslides, a tsunami and was followed by 1000's of aftershocks
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/bssa/issue/1...
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A map of Haida Gwaii showing the location of the 2012 M7.8 earthquake and aftershocks. A map of British Columbia showing where and how ground shaking from the 2012 M7.8 earthquake was felt. Shaking ranged from very strong on Haida Gwaii to weak shaking on Vancouver Island.
October 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Well, this could be some of the last tomatoes, beans, and cucumbers of the season,
but - beets, squash, lettuce, arugula, and Swiss chard are going strong (and fresh lemons also).
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Photo of freshly picked yellow and green beans, cucumbers, and tomatoes. some of the last of the season on Vancouver Island. Photo of a raised garden bed in late October with green onions, arugula, lettuce, Swiss chard and squash plants growing. There is a deer fence in the background. Photo of an in ground lemon tree on Vancouver Island with many lemons ready to pick.
October 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Did you feel shaking on southern #VancouverIsland at 05:30 PDT this morning? That was a M3.1 #earthquake beneath Salt Spring Island, about 13 km N of #Sidney and 13 km SE of #Ganges. Felt across the region. For details and to report shaking:
www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/...
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Seismograms showing ground shaking from the October 21 M3.1 earthquake beneath Salt Spring Island at 5:30 a.m. Map showing the location of today's M3.1 earthquake beneath Salt Spring Island, 13 km southeast of Ganges and 13 km north of Sidney.
October 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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When #seismology meets #meteorology!
Ground shaking across #VancouverIsland is ramping up (but not felt) as the remnants of Tyhpoon Nakri approach the west coast.
The ground shaking started increasing just after midnight Pacific time (07:00 UTC on this figure) Oct. 17, as the storm gets closer.
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A plot of ground shaking on southern Vancouver Island over the past 24 hours (thanks to the IRIS Consortium: https://www.iris.edu/app/station_monitor/ Stronger ground shaking (not felt) is observed starting just after midnight (Pacific time) or 07:00 UTC as used on this plot, as the storm gets closer.
October 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
earthquakeguy.bsky.social
Right on schedule! More than 10,000 tiny tremors (not felt) have rolled through #PugetSound and southern #VancouverIsland over the past 30 days. This is Episodic Tremor and Slip (ETS) and occurs here every 12-16 months:
www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/pprs-pprp/pu...
Also - it is #ShakeOut day!
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Map of the Puget Sound and Vancouver Island region showing the location of tiny ETS tremors (not earthquakes and not felt) from September 15 - October 15. Locations are colour-coded by time.
October 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Are you ready for the #ShakeOut drill tomorrow (10:16 a.m. Oct. 16th)?
Do you want to learn more about #earthquakes and #tsunamis?
Bring your questions and join us this evening at 7 p.m. PT for our free Webinar and Q+A session.
Register:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@shakeoutbc.bsky.social
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Image of a poster highlighting this evening's Earthquake Webinar and question and answer session as a part of ShakeOut week.
October 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Not a bad view from the office today...
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#VancouverIsland
#yyj
View of maple trees with beautiful red leaves set against the blue sky. The blue waters of Patricia Bay are visible, with the hills of Salt Spring Island in the distance.
October 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Some mid-October beach therapy.
southern #VancouverIsland.
#Victoria
#beach
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October 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
earthquakeguy.bsky.social
Oh Winston, our hearts are broken. We are so grateful for the 15+ years that you spent with us. Thank you for the many (many!) 1000's of walks and hikes. Thank you for always being there and for always watching out the window for our return, then greeting us at the door. Miss you forever
#Dogs
#Love
Photo of a young Winston, our black, white and tan English setter, sitting out on the deck. Green grass in the background. Photo of Winston, at about 5 years of age, relaxing on a lounge chair on the deck, soaking up the sun. A close-up photo of Winston lying on the carpet, relaxing. Photo of a 15+ year-old Winston sitting on his brown chair in the window watching for our return.
October 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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It is nice to see the tall, pampas grass plumes return. They are beautiful - until the rains begin in November! Enjoy while they are here...
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Photo of tall, white plumes of pampas grass. Green leaves below, and a tall green cedar tree behind.
October 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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September may be winding down, but my #VancouverIsland garden sure isn't! Just picked - green beans, yellow beans, cucumbers, beets, snap peas, cucamelons, apples, lemons and tomatoes... so many tomatoes! Lots of kale, spinach, arugula and lettuce planted for the Fall and Winter. 🌱🇨🇦
Photo of fresh-picked tomatoes, beets, yellow and green beans, cucumbers, apples, lemon, snap peas and cucamelons ( that look like tiny watermelons).
September 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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On #VancouverIsland you don't have to go far to find trees that are perfect for #ThickTrunkTuesday
This is a large Douglas Fir in #Victoria. 🌱📸🌲
#Photography
#Trees
#Canada
Photo of a large Douglas Fir tree on southern Vancouver Island.
September 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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For my friends in #Washington #Oregon and northern #California - a great summary of #earthquake hazards and probabilities for the three types of earthquakes in #Cascadia has been released by the USGS:
pubs.usgs.gov/publication/...
note that this also applies to southern #BritishColumbia.
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USGS Publications Warehouse
Earthquakes and their cascading consequences pose a significant threat to the people, environment, infrastructure, and economy of the U.S. Pacific Northwest. The Pacific Northwest is susceptible to th...
pubs.usgs.gov
September 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Seismic waves (not felt) from today's M7.8 #earthquake near Kamchatka have already rolled through #Victoria, BC (5131 km distant).
If you are looking for the latest #tsunami risk evaluation (and preparedness info) for the British Columbia coast, see
www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca/event/tsunam...
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Seismogram showing seismic waves from today's M7.8 Kamchatka earthquake that have rolled through Victoria, Canada (5131 km away and not felt here). Image thanks to IRIS/Earthscope.
September 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Did you feel shaking on southern #VancouverIsland at 5 a.m. today?
That was a M3.0 earthquake located 16 km SW of Duncan and 40 km WNW of #Victoria. Shaking was lightly felt across the region.
Details and report shaking:
www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/...
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Seismograms showing ground shaking from the M 3.0 earthquake on southern Vancouver Island (40 km WNW of Victoria) at 5 a.m. PT, September 18. Map showing the location of the M3.0 earthquake on southern Vancouver Island at 5 a.m. on September 18. The earthquake was located 40 km WNW of Victoria and 16 km SW of Duncan.
September 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Did you feel shaking on Haida Gwaii at 1:45 p.m. today (September 15)?
That was a M4.2 earthquake located off the west coast, 75 km west of Daajing Giids.
Details/report shaking: www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/...
This is not an unusual event for this region. No impacts expected. ⚒️🧪
Seismograms showing ground shaking from this afternoon's (1:45 p.m. PT 15 September) M4.2 earthquake located just to the west of Haida Gwaii (75 km west of Daajing Giids). Map showing the location of today's (September 15) M4.2 earthquake located 75 km to the west of Daajing Giids.
September 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Did you feel a slight shake east of Vancouver at 9:28 last night? That was a M2.6 earthquake located 33 km NW of Abbotsford and felt by many in the area.
earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/...
A reminder of an active earthquake zone, and to register for:
www.shakeoutbc.ca/join-the-dri...
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Seismograms showing ground shaking from last night's M2.6 earthquake located 33 km northwest of Abbotsford. Map showing the location of last night's felt M2.6 earthquake in southwest British Columbia. It was located 33 km northwest of Abbotsford.
September 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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At 8:00 a.m. PDT today, a M4.8 earthquake occurred in Canada's most seismically active region - offshore between #HaidaGwaii and #VancouverIsland. No damage or tsunami expected. ⚒️🧪🇨🇦
Details and to report felt shaking: www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/...
Map showing the location of the 7 September M4.8 earthquake located offshore between Haida Gwaii and Vancouver Island. Seismograms showing ground shaking from this morning's M4.8 earthquake located offshore, about 75 km south of Haida Gwaii.
September 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM