12:36 p.m.
Hi,
I understand this is the mailing list email so I am hoping you might direct this question
to appropriate contact.
On June 23rd, there was a 4.1 earthquake about 130 km SW of Sable Island, Nova Scotia,
Canada (42.990N, 60.881W). As someone who lives and works there on a regular basis, and
responsible for other island users safety, I was surprised that a notice regarding the
occurrence wasn't initiated. Is that because of the low magnitude (is there a
threshold that triggers the notifications) or it's location or distance offshore (if
it is distance offshore is Sable Island recognized as an inhabited place)? Being that the
earthquake was on the edge of the Scotian shelf could that have increased the risk for
underwater landslide and the potential for conditions similar to those in 1929 which
greatly impacted the Burin Penninsula (granted that was initiated by a much larger
earthquake at 7.2)?
https://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/maps-cartes/index-en.php...
Sarah Medill
Operations Coodinator, Sable Island National Park Reserve
Parks Canada | Government of Canada
AH Suite 201, 1869 Upper Water St., Halifax, NS, B3J 1S9
sarah.medill@pc.gc.ca<mailto:sarah.medill@pc.gc.ca> | Cell: 902-403-0847 |
On-Island: 902-492-4678
Coordinatrice des operations, Réserve de parc national de I'Île-de-Sable
Parcs Canada | Gouvernement du Canada
AH Suite 201, 1869 Upper Water St., Halifax, Nouvelle-Écosse, B3J 1S9
sarah.medill@pc.gc.ca<mailto:sarah.medill@pc.gc.ca> | Mobile: 902-403-0847 | Sur
I'Île: 902-492-4678
Parks Canada - 450 000 km2 of stories | Parcs Canada - 450 000 km2 d'histoires