Is Canada prepared for a major earthquake? Experts say yes - but more can be done
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- čas přidán 2. 01. 2024
- As one of the world's most seismically active countries, Japan is known for its ability to be prepared for earthquakes like the magnitude 7.6 that hit on New Year's Day.
But what if a major earthquake like that one happened in Canada - or if a bigger one like the magnitude 9.0 that struck that same island in 2011 hit here?
As Sean Previl reports, seismologists, engineers and geologists say Canada is ready but there is still more that can be done.
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We are not prepared for high magnitude earthquakes.
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Canada isn't prepared for any major disasters. Look at the wild fire's we couldn't even control that because of too much bureaucracy. Lost of the grid and earthquake is on another level
I'm sorry, did they just use "Canada" and "prepared" in the same sentence? We ain't prepared for 'eff all - never are and everything turns into an utter gong show here. Nothing ever gets done here - Governments always pointing fingers at other levels of Government and so on and so forth.
Not talk about nonsense. Canada is not Japan. It won’t happen to us.
@@MrMannyhw nothing happens in Canada we have koolaid here!!!
n/p, i still have a good stash of T.P. from 2020 !
@@seankingwell3692 Absolutely. Canada is boring.
@@MrMannyhw Happened in Alaska. It will happen in Canada eventually.
If it happens this year, it’s planned
Canada's worst disaster occurred in 2015 and it still hasn't ended--and seemingly never will...
What's that?
@@mariabeis5226 Castro's son.
Yeah….man made disaster !
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Very unnatural!
No its not. Experts are of the same quality as our medical preparedness for a pandemic.
The only part of Canada that's close to the fault lines are Vancouver and Victoria and Nanaimo Island. The rest are far from fault lines. Yea they experience earthquake but not strong ones. Japan is a major fault line area. That's why it gets a lot of earthquakes.
You mean Vancouver Island, where both Victoria and Nanaimo are, among many other smaller cities and towns.
False as a pipefitter in Atlantic Canada the Gagetown army base has seismic bracing so does the Woodstock Hospital bold build in 2007 its part of the Appalachian mountain we here in new Brunswick had one of the strongest earthquake in 1980 I was 16.i then became a pipefitter and learned that like the west coast pipes, lights and all that is hung in a ceiling of a gouverment building need this ,its in the building code I was one of two men in my company allowed to install these types of bracing.B&G SPRINKLER FIRE PROTECTION .IM NOW RETIRED CAUSE BY SEVERE DECEASE OF MY BONES AND I LOVED MY JOB, DONALD FRENETTE NB CANADA
It's called the ring of fire its a almost 3/4 circle that can cause asia and all the way to south America to be in this circle the worst one was Alaska and THEN LA.
There's a one metre fault line in lake Ontario.
The Pickering Power plant is on the shoreline of Lake Ontario.
An Earthquake in this region would be devastating.
Sudbury gets the most frequent Seismic activity.
They just got a 3.2 yesterday Morning.
Oh I remember the “experts” of 2020 and how catastrophic their expertise was.
Hahaha. Experts are just like used car salesmen now. Paid to make something sound a certain way.
How is that possible? we were not even ready for Covid. PPE was sent over sea's.
The largest risk of a devastating earthquake and possibility of Tsunami following a quake is on the West Coast. Vancouver is the largest city at risk of earthquakes.
ITS CALLED THE CANADIAN SHIELD FOR A REASON. HERE IN ONTARIO SURROUNDED BY MILLIONS OF TONS OF SOLID GEOUND ROCK HIGHER THAN SEA LEVEL. WE GOOD
Quakes still happen in the Ottawa river area all the time. I'm sure something could still turn up that will stun the people who are supposed to know these things.
No, we aren't. The Great Lakes region is on a major fault line, and we're guaranteed a big one some time in the future.
@@terrylazurko2476that's call continent rebound since the last glacial age
There is no way we are even close to ready if Cascadia takes a crap. The entire Fraser delta will liquify.
I lived in Japan for eight years teaching English. Earthquakes are very common there. We would have an earthquake every three or four months. People are used to it over there. Everyone just stops what they're doing and waits for the earthquake to stop. Then, they carry on with their business as if nothing happened. Most earthquakes in Japan usually only last about ten to fifteen seconds.
Is canada prepared if a light bulb burns out?
Dude, Richmond is built on a swamp island the whole thing will turn into atlantis if theres a major earthquake.
We lived there, it's flood land. Quebec had mines around hull. Under our the house, we could feel the blast as small children. I wonder what else they have now.
"Everyone has a plan untill they get punched in the face"
We dont really know how prepared we are untill it happens.
That's why you exercise your plan.👍
But; we know what happens when experts chime in 🙄
Wasn't it Japan's "west-coast" for this latest one?!?
Also, you title IS WRONG! It should finish by saying..."Experts say NO - but they hope that more can be done for once!"
You ARE missing life-saving reporting on BC's UTTER LACK of preparedness, and its lack of running drills with its own population, concerning the BIG ONE - or even for any moderate ones...Such as how to get food to Vancouver Island when all ferries are down!?!
Professor-Marty.
I fear the Canadian economy and cost of living more than an earthquake.
Canada's health care system is not prepared for the day-to-day activity in the country. How could you possibly argue that we're ready for a major natural disaster?
I remember there being an earthquake in new brunswick one year, a very long time ago. I forget where i was but I think I was in school. It only happened once. But the chances of an earthquake in NB is very slim, to non-existent.
I was here in 1980 can't forget such an event 5.6 on the scale centered in the south east of Québec.
An earthquake kit was an idea I had 40 years ago in Victoria, BC. No one was interested.
Anything to scare the public...
Im more afraid of the current dictatorship in Canada than an earthquake
First, you're a bot and not even Canadian. Second, go and learn the meaning of democracy and elections 😂
Let’s not put that out there - in case it’s not noticeable - words are like boomerang’s
I'm so glad we don't get earthquakes in Manitoba, or much in the way of natural disasters.
The occasional flood, and maybe a tornado, but that is pretty much it.
Experts what experts ⁉️
Give all your money to the insurance companies! HURRY!
The key is your geography. Everywhere in Canada apart from British Columbia has a very low risk of a major earthquake.
So not true
Not true, Maybe in US is possible
@@justinaldrich1719
Ok I’ll bite. Please tell us where a major fault line runs in Canada apart from off the west coast.
@@marcusaetius9309There have been tremors in the Niagara region
@saidibrahim5931 from what I've read, Canada is a high magnitude zone with a lower focus (if you know your geography), meaning that the likelihood of major earthquakes is rare. But that doesn't mean that major earthquakes can't happen, they're just very very very rare.
This so frightening. 😮
Are these the same people who gave us advice for a nuclear attack ? Lol
It's good to have a big one so I can build my mansion after that.😏
‘Experts say yes’, so, no.
Thanks, JT!
Actually, maybe the better question is, is Canada prepared for the next pandemic?
Toilet paper or bullets?
If Cascadia Pops well say goodbye to coastal BC , Oregon . Most likely cause San Andreas to pop at the same time like a zipper …
Ok, so what’s the downside? 🤔
I am surrounded by condos… even if I run out of my building, something is gonna fall on me
Vancouver is no way near for being ready
"Is Canada prepared for a major earthquake?"
*Me sitting in my apartment in a a 170 year old historically protected building no one's remotely looked at in probably 60 years*
"... Good."
It will survives again
Living in Vancouver island, we are aware of possible large earthquakes and are taking actions to reduce the possible damages.
All we need is one of them school desks...right?
We have tent cities, line ups at Foodbanks, suicide and crime running rampant, an economy about to nosedive, wars raging across the planet and this is what we need to be worried about?
Come on, you can fix all those problems can't you... Get a job as the producer and you can choose what stories to talk about..
A cardboard cut out could fix those basic problems. What do you want to talk about?
One-in-three chance of the big one in PNW/BC in the next 50 years. Happens at regular intervals every 300-600 years, shown by bands of sand laid down onshore after each ensuing tsunami. Last one was January 1700. The worry with this report is the suggestion that emergency supplies to last 72 hours will be enough. It could be months before your power, gas and water is back on!
If it's so bad why are you still here?
Maybe if you have the earthquake all these other problems would go away.
Don't think so- lots of folks don't even know we are at risk.
Be prepared if you can please.
Our infrastructure already falling apart.
That would be like doing valdalism in Detroit. 😂
If i may ask, how do u prepare yourselves for earthquake?
Canada sits on one of the most solid tectonic plates on Earth. If you don’t know about the Great Canadian Shield. You probably weren’t born here.
It would not be true to say he had retired from the firm, inasmuch as he still does a certain amount of work for them.
We're safe ! We have the carbon tax. yea !
" Experts say yes " ROFL ! None of those experts have spent any time in canada then. Just like our politicians, they dont live here or interact with canadian land / people.
Our gov couldnt organize somthing like this they can’t even answer a single question
We are not ready for after New Year firework crowd in the subway. Earthquake? 😊
The only quake worth mention, will be when Cascadia lets go. No, Canada won't be ready. Not really possible. Unless it means moving out of BC. The value of property in Vancouver after Cascadia lets go, will be about zero. It's too expensive to live there now, but I wouldn't live there for free.
Good
Natural disasters are increasing rapidly. We all need to be prepared to face them. Learn what to do in different disasters, prepare emergency evacuation backpacks, and at least a week's supply of food and water in case of a loss of electricity, water and heating.
But the most important thing everyone needs to do now is to start talking openly about our biggest problem - climate and the true cause of its change - 12000-year cosmic cycle.
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Yes you are correct and no amount of “carbon tax” can fix it.
So you're saying we should re-open our Millennial Survival bunkers? Like they are nearly 25 years old now. It was really hard putting that all together just to know, within hours of the clock striking midnight on Jan 1st 2000, that it was all a waste of time. Silly. I'm tired anyway. Think I'll stop worrying about my stockpile and let nature take it's course. Like, we've never beaten nature. Ever. It's a pointless project.
Earthquakes aren't natural disasters. They are tectonic disasters. Tectonic disasters are disasters that are associated with the earth, not the weather. I think you've mixed up the two because there is no way that you can predict tectonic disasters in order for you to even claim that they are increasing.
@@justanothermortal1373
There is scientific evidence that they increase with solar input into the earth. So they increase during solar maximums which we are entering and they will continue to increase as our magnetic fields continue to weaken.
Lol
Prepare by getting you wallets out! Pay the insurance company for earthquake insurance dah!! You'll be fine!
Building more than two stories should be prohibited
Are we just gonna list things that we should be prepared for, that are very unlikely to happen?
Oh wait, this is another reason to collect more taxes…
if you are in an old brick and mortar highrise, get out, don't duck and cover, get out.
The worst you can expect east of BC is a 5, it might rattle glasses but you'll be fine. BC has the risk of a 9 through the cascadia fault, they need to prepare.
I wouldn’t even go on a weekend trip to the west coast if my life depended on it.
We dont even have a functional medical system because politicians can't stop wasting money 😅
I don't know what it's like in other cities but in Victoria the city planners are simultaneously pushing for densification with residential towers and plugging up the streets with barely used bike lanes. When the big one hits this part of the world service and emergency vehicles won't be able to get in or out.
Communism is more important than safety.
answer to the question...no canada is not ready...the primed minister of satan/aka canada is not for the people of this country...scripture being fulfilled quicker by the moment...
mary j
More scare tactics. 😂😅
High-density residential buildings and narrow streets do not affect the severity or rescue efforts of an earthquake. It is more of a matter of having earthquake-resistant building codes. Otherwise, you could argue that the whole of Tokyo, which has extremely high density and very narrow streets, should/would have completely collapsed during this quake or the one in 2011, but it did not. In fact, because they are newer, the residential towers in Victoria are likely more resistant to earthquakes than older single-family homes. As noted, the region in Japan worse affected are places where the building codes are not up to date.
Some said scare tactics like earth quakes are fake lol. Libr on 3 falt lines
Sudbury supposedly gets the most seismic activity
After the last three years, I think Canadians have enough of the "experts" opinions.
so what the hell are you telling me....
theres going to be an earthquake and prepair for it?
all i need is a good table eh?
At this point I’m far more worried about the government and you should probably be talking more about that instead of worrying about the other side of the world all of the time.
We think we are ready. Nothing will prepare us for an actual earthquake. They are so rare here we will not know what to do.
if you're in the real situation, you're 100% unprepared.
I doubt wooden drywall walls would hold much long in a major earthquake.
It's actually the type of building that can take it bricks and cement brake and tall buildings sway,a house is very flexible this is why hotel s whit many stories are now built out of wood and not steel and bricks as a construction Forman for 40 years and third generation of construction as foreman its the best building codes in the world..
Being a plumber doing service every day...
The amount of men-children, cases of learned helplessnes and utter lack of basic knowledge of anything will have devastating consequences on our society in case a major earthquake occurs.
A handful of skilled government help providers will not matter much...
It could be an improvement.
Experts? As usual, the experts know nothing but say a lot. Estimates of the effects of a major quake in the Cascadia subduction zone predict 2 -3 years without sewers and water supplies. Our hospitals are stretched to breaking point now: We don't have the medical staff. We still allow critical infrastructure to be built near sea level, on fill and on delta lands. These can be expected to liquify under a level 9 or even 8 quake. Our bridges will be out. Why anyone would chose to live in the lower mainland is beyond me.
The schools and them tables, desks are built like crap. They are not sturdy.
bruh they used japanese videos
*ALLAH PAK Tuu Hamein Apne NaBi K Sadqay Daur-e-Fitan K Tamam FitnOn Se Bachaey Rakhhna Aameen...* 😭😭😭🙏
Ok tiime to take your meds
No, many improvements are needed.
To everyone that says that the MSM in Canada doesn't Fear Monger - I present you Exhibit A: This video, it's title, and it's thumbnail
I just glued all my Jenga pieces together. I'm ready.
I wonder if the earthquake is coming from the Volcano that is in British Columbia or is it a different reason and I hope everyone will be ok.
Our current government is not prepared for anything😮
Yes Canada building standards are much more strict than many countries.
Is this a lifetime academic desk job credential expert? Toronto needed a military response for a snow storm where they literally shovelled seniors walkways and the infrastructure resources have never improved. Remember the Quebec ice storm?? Hospitals on the brink of collapse during flu season alone, absent of any disaster. Record numbers of Hospital staffing in various jurisdictions on the brink of quitting. Numerous federal government institutions failing at almost every opportunity. Military staffing at dangerously low levels struggling to recruit while the government obsesses and prioritizes pronouns over knowledge, skills, and ability. If people in Canada truly knew how vulnerable they are due to incompetence, not to mention the security threat from organized criminals, terrorists and the like, people would vomit. Canada has never been so not ready for any major event and not all but a lot of this is the Trudeau Governments doing.
We are absolutely not ready. The forest fires had the Govt scrambling and it was ridiculous this summer with the forest fires when they had the summer previous to learn and prepare. They were a nightmare to work with, both for evacuees and hotels. They better have their stupid ducks in a row this summer when it probably happens again.
I've lived 55 years in the prairie provinces of Canada. Never once feared, or even talked about, an Earthquake. We did, however, learn to take cover under our desks at school should a nuclear war break out. Seemed as silly back then as it does now but that's what we feared. Not earthquakes. I think the prairie provinces biggest fear would be freezing to death. Maybe worry about a tornado here and there in summer but we usually get enough warning. Could die of a tumbleweed attack in Manitoba. But earthquakes? If it happened we'd be doomed because nobody here is even remotely prepared for something we have never experienced or even thought could happen here. Good luck BC!! Stay on your side of the mountains! lol (kidding....geez!)
@Im18butgotatightposaylikeim8You are gonna jinx it
Earthquake happening noon Friday. Best of luck to you
Wrong @@Booze129
Also prepare in calif😳🙏
Easy. The only way to stay safe from an earthquake is to stay up to date on your boosters.
should we pay a earthquake tax to make it never happen ??
What COULD happen could be an excuse to raise taxes
end geo engineering
I'm super prepared, I live in the Okanagan so I really only need rubber soled shoes to deal with the shocks. Otherwise, I'm also super prepared to take full advantage of all the carnage and opportunity to make a killing by having skills and being available to help. That's just being a good neighbor, right?
California is the earthquake capital not Canada
BC maybe, everyone else, no so much. If a quake flattened Ottawa, all resources are centralized there for federal government. Not much of a business continuity plan. A 72hr kit wont do much with a 9.0 quake, and a cross country one even less. Canada needs a civil defence program again, better level of preparedness.
We have bigger issues to deal with in Canada.
Is Canada prepared for an earthquake? The government, in its limited role of responsibility might be - but as for nearly 90% of the general public - "absolutely not" NOT EVEN CLOSE! You think a little toilet paper panic was an issue, just imagine an everything panic where the event occurred. The full release of Cascadia Subduction zone will cause far more devastation than seen recently in the quake prone ares of the Mediterranean.
No we are not..and this comes from top military people.
Keep them scared and defenseless .
Imagine being an educated journalist, pencil in mouth, staring at the ceiling, and seriously thinking "Is _Canada_ prepared for a major earthquake?" is the right headline, when it's obvious that the only province in the entire country that could have one is BC.
Im more worried about Ottawa's spending addiction and giving my wallet another earth quake
San Francisco , California are next according to all these news .
Noooo my favorite country