While all of Metro Vancouver is at risk from earthquakes, not every region faces the same hazards. ... Delta and parts of White Rock it’s likely that soil would liquefy.

A recent report presented to city council painted a bleak picture of what a long-feared megathrust earthquake—commonly known as the Big One—could do to Vancouver. According to the study, once ...

Metro Vancouver has been steadily upgrading its reservoirs since the '90s to ensure it can provide water to the region following the "Big One" — a megathrust earthquake expected to hit the B.C ...

The Pacific Northwest last saw a big earthquake about 300 years ago. Scientists widely expect the region to experience a similar event every 500 years on average.

Two more earthquakes shook the same area in the next few hours – a magnitude 5.4 temblor came about an hour after and another of magnitude 4.7 hit at around 10:30 local time, USGS reported.

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake west of Squamish, B.C., shook Vancouver, B.C., and some parts of northwest Washington on Friday afternoon. The earthquake, which had a shallow depth, was reported around ...