Canada's National Earthquake Scenario Catalogue - Beaufort Fault - Magnitude 5.2

Canada's National Earthquake Scenario Catalogue - Beaufort Fault - Magnitude 5.2 The Beaufort fault in Eastern Vancouver Island is probably an active fault, near Courtenay/Comox/Cumberland. Based on current science, this fault may have ruptured in the 1946 magnitude 7.3 Vancouver Island Earthquake. This scenario represents a smaller magnitude 5.2 event. 2024-05-02 Natural Resources Canada nicky.hastings@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca Form DescriptorsNature and EnvironmentScience and TechnologyEarth sciencesEmergency preparednessEarthquakesGeological maps GitHub RepositoryHTML https://github.com/OpenDRR/earthquake-scenarios Geological Survey of Canada Open FilePDF https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/publications/STPublications_PublicationsST/328/328364/gid_328364.pdf Data DictionaryXLSX https://github.com/OpenDRR/earthquake-scenarios/releases/download/v1.2.3/dsra_attributes_fr.xlsx Data DictionaryXLSX https://github.com/OpenDRR/earthquake-scenarios/releases/download/v1.2.3/dsra_attributes_en.xlsx M5.2 Beaufort Fault (BC)ESRI REST https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/rest/services/NRCan/dsra_acm5p2_beaufortfault_en/MapServer/ Séisme de magnitude 5,2 Faille de Beaufort (Colombie-Britannique)ESRI REST https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/rest/services/NRCan/dsra_acm5p2_beaufortfault_fr/MapServer/ M5.2 Beaufort Fault (BC)WMS https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/services/NRCan/dsra_acm5p2_beaufortfault_en/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.3.0&layers=3&legend_format=image%2Fpng&feature_info_type=application%2Fgeojson Séisme de magnitude 5,2 Faille de Beaufort (Colombie-Britannique)WMS https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/services/NRCan/dsra_acm5p2_beaufortfault_fr/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.3.0&layers=3&legend_format=image%2Fpng&feature_info_type=application%2Fgeojson Beaufort Fault - Magnitude 5.2 (Points)GPKG https://github.com/OpenDRR/earthquake-scenarios/releases/download/v1.2.3/dsra_acm5p2_beaufortfault_indicators_b.zip Beaufort Fault - Magnitude 5.2 (Polygons)GPKG https://github.com/OpenDRR/earthquake-scenarios/releases/download/v1.2.3/dsra_acm5p2_beaufortfault_indicators_s.zip Beaufort Fault - Magnitude 5.2 Shake MapGPKG https://github.com/OpenDRR/earthquake-scenarios/releases/download/v1.2.3/dsra_acm5p2_beaufortfault_shakemap.zip

The Beaufort fault in Eastern Vancouver Island is probably an active fault, near Courtenay/Comox/Cumberland. Based on current science, this fault may have ruptured in the 1946 magnitude 7.3 Vancouver Island Earthquake. This scenario represents a smaller magnitude 5.2 event.

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