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Earthquake of 1946

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Fifty-nine years ago, at 1015 a.m., Sunday, June
23, 1946, the strongest on-land earthquake
recorded in Canada struck Vancouver Island. The
epicenter of this magnitude 7.3 quake was located
in the Forbidden Plateau area of central
Vancouver Island, just to the west of the towns
of Courtenay and Campbell River. The earthquake
caused considerable damage on Vancouver Island,
and was felt as far away as Portland, Oregon, and
Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The earthquake
knocked down 75 of the chimneys in nearby
communities. 
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When Jack Hodgins was seven, the great
earthquake of 1946 shook Vancouver Island.
Chimneys came crashing down, dishes were smashed,
people shaken, the roof of the elementary school
caved in and yet somehow it still felt as if the
world was the way it was supposed to be. It
seemed normal that every once in a while the
earth should have a little convulsion, like an
old relative who goes on the occasional rampage,
burning down a shack, causing a ruckus, adding to
local legend. Books in Canada, The Inventions of
Jack Hodgins, August-September 1987.
Vancouver Island
Earthquake of 1946

• Earthquake of 1946