A seismologist says a computer glitch led to false reports of an earthquake in British Columbia

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Kitimat, British Columbia – The 6.5-magnitude earthquake in British Columbia on Monday never occurred, a government seismologist said.

Kitimat, British Columbia – The 6.5-magnitude earthquake in British Columbia on Monday never occurred, a government seismologist said.

Alison Bird of Natural Resources Canada says a computer glitch led to a faulty USGS report.

It says there was no earthquake 165 km southeast of Kitimat on Monday afternoon.

The automated system is not perfect at processing data, says Bird.

She says it’s possible that two small earthquakes at different locations were observed as a single event.

The false alert posts on the USAID website have been removed.

This report was first published by The Canadian Press on September 6, 2021.

Canadian Press

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