Prince George hit by earthquake
Earthquakes Canada is reporting a 3.4 magnitude earthquake occurred 32 kilometres southwest of Prince George, at a depth of five kilometres. A map, produced by Earthquakes Canada, shows the quake happened in the area of Baldy Hughes.
Livestreamed data from an Earthquakes Canada seismic monitoring station in Fort St. James showed activity about the same time as residents from the across the city reported feeling the ground shake. The Fort St. James monitoring station is the closest station to Prince George which reports live data on Earthquakes Canada's website.A 3.2 magnitude quake was reported 130 km northwest of Fort St. John at 2:53 a.m and a 1.
Earthquake seismologist Taimi Mulder, with Natural Resources Canada, said the quakes being felt across northern B.C. are linked to the interaction of oceanic tectonic plates, including the Juan de Fuca and Pacific Plates, as they are driven under the Northern American Plate. The collision is essentially "crumpling the edge of North America," she explained.
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