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6.4 Quake Hits Off Vancouver

No damage has been reported

By the Associated Press

Posted Sep 9, 2011 4:00 PM CDT

(AP) – A magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck today off the coast of British Colombia, the US Geological Survey said. The quake struck at 12:41pm PDT about 173 miles west of Vancouver. No immediate reports have damage have surfaced. "It's been felt pretty widely—we have reports of it being felt in Vancouver, Victoria, and even in Seattle," a USGS geophysicist tells the Vancouver Sun. The quake shook buildings on Vancouver Island.

As a precaution, the Washington state Transportation Department sent inspectors to check for damage at the Alaskan Way Viaduct, an aging elevated highway on the Seattle waterfront, as well as two other bridges. No tsunami warning was issued.

File photo of quake measurements. (Getty Images)

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brawne

Sep 10, 2011 6:22 PM CDT

That Alaskan Highway has sensors to close the gates at every on ramp. How scary is that? Course I live close--the guy across the street has an alarm to let him know that his house is sliding off the three hundred foot bluff which I consider odd--who wants to know? Choosing to live on the Cascadia Fault means you just don't care. I know that I don't, but this place is so active that when I moved here I got vertigo now that requires physical therapy cause I never lived on land so unstable before. When this puppy goes--it'll make Japan look like a day in the park.

HappyHabenero

Sep 9, 2011 9:47 PM CDT

LLLLLETS GET READY TO RUMBLLLLLLLLLE...

Derni

Sep 9, 2011 8:43 PM CDT

ooohh..not good one of the most dangerous threats-fault lines-runs along the northwestern coast..I hope that's all they get..keep your fingers crossed..

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