Okanagan Valley Earthquakes

Earthquake south of the border felt in the Okanagan

OKANAGAN - Did you feel the earth move this morning? If so, you’re not alone. Natural Resources Canada’s Earthquakes Canada website is reporting a 4.3 magnitude earthquake, with an approximate epicentre east of Grand Coulee, Washington, struck around 9:40 a.m today, Sept. 1. Natural Resources Canada reports the earthquake was lightly felt in Bridesville, Kelowna and...

Okanagan residents needn’t fear the “big one” following a Penticton quake

PENTICTON - The small earthquake in the South Okanagan yesterday startled a number of people in Penticton and Naramata, but not to worry, seismologists say, it wasn’t a harbinger of the "big one". The shallow depth, magnitude 2.5 quake took place at 4:45:02 p.m., Thursday, June 18, “almost directly under Penticton, just to the southeast,”...