PetroChina and Korea National Oil Corporation are the main supporters of the plan by Enbridge to build a pipeline to carry crude oil (bitumen) from the Tar Sands in Alberta to Kitimat where it will be shipped to Asia. Kitimat is located at the base of one of Canada’s longest fjords, the Douglas Channel.
Last week on November 17th at 7:31 am Pacific Time, there was a 6.6 magnitude earthquake. This earthquake was felt from the Queen Charlotte Islands to Kitimat and further north. Here is an excerpt from the Port of Kitimat website:
From northern Vancouver Island to the Queen Charlotte Islands, the oceanic Pacific plate is sliding to the northwest at about 6 cm/year relative to North America. The boundary between these two plates is the Queen Charlotte fault. Canada’s largest recorded earthquake–magnitude 8.1–occurred along this fault on August 22, 1949.
Natural Resources Canada has some further information about this earthquake zone:
Canada’s largest earthquake (magnitude 8.1) since 1700, occurred on August 22, 1949 off the coast of BC. It occurred on the Queen Charlotte Fault (Canada’s equivalent of the San Andreas Fault) – the boundary between the Pacific and North American plates that runs underwater along the west coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands off the west coast of British Columbia. The shaking was so severe on the Queen Charlotte Islands that cows were knocked off their feet, and a geologist with the Geological Survey of Canada working on the north end of Graham Island could not stand up. Chimneys toppled, and an oil tank at Cumshewa Inlet collapsed. In Terrace, on the adjacent mainland, cars were bounced around, and standing on the street was described as “like being on the heaving deck of a ship at sea”. In Prince Rupert, windows were shattered and buildings swayed.
Queen Charlotte Earthquake
Related posts:
- Alberta Tarsands to Port of Kitimat – dual pipeline planned
- Protect the birds from the Mackenzie Pipeline
- Spartina invades BC!
Tags: earthquakes BC, Enbridge, oil pipeline
re enbridge pipeline @forestethics – this is in an earthquake zone – http://bit.ly/9TMhuS see my blog posts Nov 24, 25 2009
Check out @refreshgreen's blog post about the proposed #Enbridge pipeline in #BC– it's in an earthquake zone. Yikes! http://bit.ly/9TMhuS
:/ Check out @refreshgreen's blog – Proposed #Enbridge pipeline in #BC- it's in an earthquake zone. http://bit.ly/9TMhuS via @forestethics
RT @ForestEthics: Check out @refreshgreen's blog post about the proposed #Enbridge pipeline in #BC– it's in an earthquake zone. Yikes! http://bit.ly/9TMhuS