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Series of quakes hits BC coastline

A cluster of earthquakes that rattled BC’s coast last week has elicited renewed questions around the geological vulnerability of the region. Over the past few weeks, there have been at least eight quakes off the northern coast of the province, the majority of which ranged from 5.0 to 6.0 in magnitude. Despite the buzz around the potential for a damaging quake off the southern coast, SFU professor of earth sciences John Clague says that citizens should not view these rumblings as a precursor to a larger event. “It’s kind of interesting, but it doesn’t present a risk to us,” he…

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