Canada's National Earthquake Scenario Catalogue - Leech River Full Fault - Magnitude 7.3

Canada's National Earthquake Scenario Catalogue - Leech River Full Fault - Magnitude 7.3 Full rupture of the Leech River Fault, a fault that cuts southern Vancouver Island and extends beneath Greater Victoria. Based on current science, this magnitude 7.3 earthquake scenario represents the strongest ground shaking event that could strike the region, and is one of Greater Victoria’s most severe events. 2023-06-20 Natural Resources Canada nicky.hastings@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca Form DescriptorsNature and EnvironmentScience and TechnologyEarth sciencesGeological mapsEarthquakesEmergency preparedness 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 Leech River Full Fault - Magnitude 7.3 (Points)GPKG https://github.com/OpenDRR/earthquake-scenarios/releases/download/v1.2.2/dsra_ACM7p3_LeechRiverFullFault_indicators_b.zip Leech River Full Fault - Magnitude 7.3 (Polygons)GPKG https://github.com/OpenDRR/earthquake-scenarios/releases/download/v1.2.2/dsra_ACM7p3_LeechRiverFullFault_indicators_s.zip Leech River Full Fault - Magnitude 7.3 Shake MapGPKG https://github.com/OpenDRR/earthquake-scenarios/releases/download/v1.2.2/dsra_ACM7p3_LeechRiverFullFault_shakemap.zip Data DictionaryXLSX https://github.com/OpenDRR/earthquake-scenarios/releases/download/v1.2.2/dsra_attributes_fr.xlsx Data DictionaryXLSX https://github.com/OpenDRR/earthquake-scenarios/releases/download/v1.2.2/dsra_attributes_en.xlsx M7.3 Leech River Fault (BC)ESRI REST https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/rest/services/NRCan/LeechRiver_acm7p3_en/MapServer/ Séisme de magnitude 7,3 dans la faille de Leech River (Colombie-Britannique)ESRI REST https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/rest/services/NRCan/LeechRiver_acm7p3_fr/MapServer/ M7.3 Leech River Fault (BC)WMS https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/services/NRCan/LeechRiver_acm7p3_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 7,3 dans la faille de Leech River (Colombie-Britannique)WMS https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/services/NRCan/LeechRiver_acm7p3_fr/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.3.0&layers=3&legend_format=image%2Fpng&feature_info_type=application%2Fgeojson

Full rupture of the Leech River Fault, a fault that cuts southern Vancouver Island and extends beneath Greater Victoria. Based on current science, this magnitude 7.3 earthquake scenario represents the strongest ground shaking event that could strike the region, and is one of Greater Victoria’s most severe events.

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