Magnitude 6.7 Earthquake Vancouver Island, April 23, 2014
The earthquake was near the Haida Gwai area, that has been the site of several large earthquakes recently. A map of the region with the earthquake and a selection circle is below:
The probability table for the selected region is here:
The change in the forecast probability through time can be computed in the Hazard Viewer:
The sudden decrease in probability in late2009, 2011 and 2012 are due to major earthquakes that occurred in the region at those times.
About OpenHazards Bloggers
Steven Ward is a Research Geophysicist at
the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UC Santa Cruz. He specializes in the quantification and simulation of
natural hazards. Read Steve's blog.
John Rundle is a Distinguished Professor of Physics
and Geology at UC Davis and
the Executive Director of the APEC Collaboration for Earthquake Simulations. He
chaired the Board of Advisors for the Southern California Earthquake Center from 1994 to 1996. Read John's blog.
Comments
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