A 5.9-metre wave could arrive in Kyuquot within 30 minutes of a magnitude 9 Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake.
Ocean Networks Canada, based at the University of Victoria, has released new tsunami modelling in time for Emergency Preparedness Week in B.C.
“We have done the first sophisticated tsunami modelling for this area,” said Soroush Kouhi, ONC Applied Science specialist and co-author of the report. The study looked at the expected height, velocities, inundation and arrival times of potential tsunami waves and the areas that would be hardest hit in B.C.
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