Balance Rock, just north of Skidegate, Queen Charlotte Islands / Haida Gwaii, British Columbia. It is a large bolder left behind from the glacial retreat of the ice age. Many decades later it still sits perfectly suspended on another rock’s pointed head, as guarding the shores of Skidegate, Graham Island. Photo source: Living on the edge
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A study of the magnitude-7.7 earthquake that shook the northern coast of British Columbia, Canada, last October has solved a longstanding argument about the region’s geology. The finding suggests that even Pacific islands as far away as Hawaii might need to worry about tsunamis originating from this part of the Canadian coast…
Research Helps Paint Finer Picture of Massive 1700 Earthquake and Tsunami, Science Daily
Researchers’ work provides a finer-grained portrait of a 1700 massive earthquake that struck the west coast of North America, and the changes in coastal land level it produced, enabling modelers to better prepare for future events.
