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Concerns arise over response after major earthquake
Oct. 29, 2012, Haida Gwaii, B.C. - Small communities under evacuation orders Saturday night responded
calmly and quickly after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit Haida Gwaii and
triggered fears of a tsunami, said local and provincial officials. But
the time lapse between the quake and the response by Emergency
Management B.C. left some questioning the government’s disaster
preparedness. The Vancouver Sun reports.
October 29, 2012
By The Vancouver Sun
Oct. 29, 2012, Haida Gwaii, B.C. – Small communities under evacuation orders Saturday night responded
calmly and quickly after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit Haida Gwaii and
triggered fears of a tsunami, said local and provincial officials. But
the time lapse between the quake and the response by Emergency
Management B.C. left some questioning the government’s disaster
preparedness. The Vancouver Sun reports. | READ MORE
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