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Penticton Earthquakes
Recent earthquakes in Okanagan a reminder of upcoming earthquake drill
OKANAGAN – Several recent earthquakes felt in the Okanagan could be mother nature’s way of…
4.1 magnitude earthquake shakes the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – There are no reports of damage from an earthquake that was felt this…
Lightly felt earthquake shakes Penticton
PENTICTON – Did you feel the rumble? According to data from Natural Resources Canada 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,”...