Researchers gathering new earthquake data off Vancouver Island

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A deep-sea mission off the coast of northern Vancouver Island is gathering new data on one of the most seismically active regions in North America.

The crew has returned from the 17-day mission launching the project, which will contribute to future planning for earthquakes and tsunamis.

The team has sunk 28 instruments, called ocean bottom seismometers, to the ocean floor to record seismic activity in the Revere-Dellwood Fault – an area between Haida Gwaii and northern Vancouver Island. “It will give us the best images of structure in that area and of earthquakes in that area,” says Geological Survey of Canada earthquake seismologist John Cassidy. “So understanding how often that level of ground shaking, that’s the information that engineers need when they’re designing structures, bridges, buildings, hospitals.”

“Part of the idea of using these offshore instruments is to compliment the network on land so you have more complete coverage.” 'Price of justice cannot be the continued suffering of all,' Trudeau says amid push to get Canadians out of Gaza There was another REM service interruption Wednesday morning, the fourth in three days, leaving some riders questioning how reliable the new light-rail line is.More than 400,000 public sector workers in Quebec are slated to strike on Monday, meaning some services will be interrupted in schools and health-care settings across the province.

 

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