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New research highlights where 'The Big One' earthquake could hit - "It's giving us the first really detailed look at this huge megathrust fault" (www.cbc.ca)

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New research offers a clearer picture of a fault line hundreds of kilometres long off the West Coast that is predicted to generate a major earthquake and tsunami commonly known as "The Big One."

The study confirms that the northern part of the fault, close to Vancouver Island and Washington, is most likely to produce a major earthquake.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Damn. I was just planning a move to the island.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

I worked in home insurance. Because of the big one, we were trying to dump our south island customers by raising premiums to non competitive levels. But it turns out so was everyone else. So you have to pay through the nose to insure a house in greater Victoria, but up island is more earthquake resilient- the insurance rates are way more reasonable.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Ya, VI is one of the most conducive to life regions in the world, until it's not.