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Geoscape Nanaimo
Geoscience for central Vancouver Island communities Comparing shakes: 1946 vs. 2001
Today, few residents of Vancouver Island remember the 1946 central Vancouver Island earthquake, although most of us felt the Nisqually earthquake of February 28, 2001.
The 2001 earthquake produced less shaking than the 1946 earthquake, partly because it was a smaller magnitude, and partly because its source was deeper in the Earth's crust. Nonetheless, damage from the 2001 earthquake exceeded $2 billion dollars.
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