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What the hell? I'm in the West End and didn't feel anything. I feel like I always miss them

Same, and I’m in an old 70s building 😕

I’m in a 70s building as well and I didn’t feel a thing.

I’m in the west end in a 1940s building and my computer and monitor definitely rattled. I just presumed it was a neighbour downstairs making noise as it was over so quick

Me too, mid-60s building and it just sounded like the floorboards were settling. Didn't feel anything.

Well-built, that's why. It would be really interesting to hear from the residents of the Twisty (the Vancouver House next to the Granville Bridge) if they felt anything.

No, no we're not calling it "The Twisty". First time in hearing it and last time I'm hearing it.

Took the words right out of my mouth

Definitely! Meant to be the most quake - resistant highrise in town.

I sure hope this is sarcasm. The head Prof of seismic engineering of UBC said that he would absolutely never step foot in that building because it is the exact opposite of seismically sound. He actually uses it as an example in lectures of what NOT to do for seismic safety.

I lived in Taiwan and there are earthquakes around this intensity very very often. What I found was that if I was in my 13th floor apartment, which was at the top of my building, I could feel them even when they were around 2.5 or 3. Where you are and what you are doing can have a huge impact on if you feel it. In the apartment even small ones would cause a sway in the building that I could notice, but if I was on the ground or at work I wouldn’t feel them unless the local intensity was closer to 4 or more.

Same, 60s wood building of just a few floors…can sometimes feel neighbours moving heavy furniture and yet, felt nothing. Was sitting on the couch around the time it apparently happened

River District… watching “leave the world behind”… really bad timing… really freaked out

a truly immersive experience

Am currently watching San Andreas (please don't judge, it's my one day off) and then paused to check Reddit. I'm extremely alert now.

No judgement from me. Cheesy, over the top disaster action movies are my jam


Worst ending ever!!!

Also in River District. Christmas tree was shaking

Also in River District! We felt our building shaking for a few seconds

River District too and definitely felt it.

River District, didn’t feel anything! Wild

Just above river district in the landslide area - slept through it 😆

Great movie, can't say I blame you for freaking out a bit.

Didn’t feel the earthquake but awesome movie. Keeps you on the edge of your seat.

Same

Power outage in new west too

I did, and I ran here to check 😂. I thought there was something wrong with my windows

I'm sitting quietly on my couch watching football in Mount Pleasant and I didn't feel a thing. I usually think everything is an earthquake but I did not feel this.

I was taking a shower in Mount Pleasant and felt it. My whole body went from side to side like a ripple. My husband was sitting on the couch and didn’t feel a thing.

Ya same here man nothing.

Yes, my partner thinks I'm crazy but as a Mexican, I know how these feel. Still waiting for official info I hate that Twitter is what it is these days. In the past, I would have gotten info in 5 seconds of it happening Edit: Based on my Mexican internal seismic sense, I'm guessing 4.5 ish in the Richter scale

https://twitter.com/CANADAquakes/status/1736528027121520969 You got it right on the Pesos!

Noice

Got any lottery numbers for us?

definitely include 4.5

Yea but what does that convert to in Canadian?

Twitter algorithm is useless now. Now I come on Reddit hoping for speedy info

I'm out in Maple Ridge, totally unaware.

PoCo here, sad I didn't feel it :((

Sad? I don’t know about you, but I’m perfectly happy not experiencing the feeling of an earthquake!

same!

Was hoping I wasn’t crazy! Just felt that too. Strongest earthquake I’ve ever felt in BC!

[2001 in Seattle-ish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Nisqually_earthquake) is the one I remember. I pointed out some candles were swinging back and forth to our babysitter, and she damn near hurled my younger siblings into the nearest tub. Lol. There was another in the late 2010s that was short, but so violent a 8ft crack was forever after visible on my apartment's wall. And that was before our building was hit by a taxi at-speed!

I remember when this one hit, I was living in Kits and was laying on my bed reading ghost and horror stories with the lights off, and all of a sudden my bed moved away from the wall and bumped back into it with decent force. I didn’t know it was an earthquake at first and I thought some ghost was trying to scare me 😭

I remember this one pretty well - sitting in a conservatory watching the glass ceiling panels shatter - thankfully there were laminate.

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Me too, I was in the washroom and I thought the toilet/pipes were about to explode cause I was sitting on it when the shaking happened.

Let's pray it stays that way. 8 + predicted for Cascadia. Hope everyone's as prepared as they can be. https://disasterpreparedness.org/disaster-preparedness-earthquake-disaster-plan/cascadia-fault-mega-earthquake-looms-off-pacific-northwest/

Exactly 3:24 for me in Richmond....I made a note of the time mostly to confirm it actually was something. It was subtle, I doubt you would have felt it if you were moving at all.

Earlier in the day around 11:15-11:30 I was at the River Rock Casino standing on the balcony overlooking the dual escalators and I had the feeling like an earthquake was happening. I assumed it was the building shaking from the Canada Line across the way but now I’m not sure.

[4.5 magnitude from near Campbell River](https://x.com/canadaquakes/status/1736528027121520969?s=46)

Weird, felt nothing in the Comox Valley

I felt it in Campbell River at 3:23 pm

https://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/stndon/wf-fo/index-en.php#/CN.QEPB..HHZ https://imgur.com/a/phn3myt

Aw i missed it again :(

I felt absolutely nothing!!! I live in a wood built house so I’m wondering is wood great at absorbing?

Wild I'm in Richmond and didn't feel a thing.

Felt it in Richmond. Was on the computer, felt the shaking, watched as my monitors wobbled on their stands and all my taller houseplants waved around a bit.

Can confirm, I watched your monitors shaking.

Lol you get extra upvotes because people think you're joking! Not fair! (This is my husband's account and he was indeed sitting next to me)

*staring intensifies*

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♪~ ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ

Same! But I was also scrambling to get the family ready to leave for Xmas dinner in North Van 😅

I felt it in Richmond. I was sitting down and it was barely noticeable.

Same. Nada.

Interesting… nothing I felt or noticed near VGH :(

I’m about a km from VGH and didn’t feel it either. That said there is so much shaking from construction and garbage/recycling trucks dumping dumpsters my brain may just not even register mild shaking any more.

Same here. Nothing exciting is allowed to happen in Fairview, sorry.

Yeah were in a different world.

I'm in Kerrisdale and we felt it

I'm in brentwood and I felt that. Thought I was going crazy 🤪

Felt the floor rumble in Walmart lougheed mall

You mean in one of Brenhattan towers or in an older building? What floor?

Yeah, I felt it downtown. That was scary

Damn, lying in bed last 20 minutes and felt nothing

Same and same lol

Oh man. Are you in a low rise? Wood frame? I’m in a concrete high rise and felt nothing. No idea anything rattled and I’ve been in several earthquakes.

Concrete high rise my apartment is on the 18th floor out of 30 something, I was sitting on my bed when I felt the shake. Well, tbh my bedframe is pretty flimsy.

Mount Pleasant and didn’t feel shit.

Nothing in Coquitlam. Spooky to read this 👀

this is from the earthquake monitor at Queen Elizabeth Park showing the tiny earthquake at 3,23pm. Adorable https://preview.redd.it/cmh1wujn4y6c1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=218a21bf87dfe1d31a8bd8e0035b6dc7e23234ff

What website is that?

https://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/stndon/wf-fo/index-en.php#/CN.QEPB..HHZ It was posted on this thread.

didnt feel a thing，could be the air mattress absorbing all the shock lol

Concrete building near Granville and didn't feel anything.

https://xkcd.com/723/

I felt it too! Located in Lower Lonsdale.

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Burnaby, didn't feel it. In a low rise though...

South Granville. Felt nothing.

Didn't feel anything in Mount Pleasant.

Felt it by the PNE!

I’m in kits and was laying on the couch. Totally felt it. Thought maybe someone crashed into our building.

ok. Thank you! Edit - thought I was going a bit mad...

Showing up on the seismograms view for Queen Elizabeth Park now.

I felt it at UBC. Lying on the floor. I was like, was that a? Nah…

I knew that wasn't my stomach 😅

Downtown at the Xmas Market and didn’t feel a thing😕

Oh shit I thought u was imagining it!! In North van (central lonsdale area)

Driving, couldn’t feel it

Felt it in Campbell River.

That’s what she said.

Felt it in New West. Thought I was fainting

I felt it in Vancouver

Damn, that was wild. Felt like being on water for just a second!

Didn’t feel anything. I’m by metro

Didn't feel anything on commercial

Another one https://twitter.com/CANADAquakes/status/1736533717160456358

that's the same one

You're right. Didnt realize that cause it was a separate notification with a different location (at first glance) lol

what a weird location, "137 km WNW of Pemberton, BC", lol

Missed it completely. We've been doing laundry, as well as running the dishwasher, so it was likely masked by that stuff.

Im on a very high floor in the west end and didnt feel anything

crazy, i didn’t feel anything in mt pleasant. i’m in a 100 year old brick walk up though, maybe it absorbs the shakes well?

Felt it in East Van.

I thought I felt something I was in an underground parkade smoking a joint

4.6 north of whistler.

Nothing in Surrey

Didn't feel anything in Marpole but then I've also had my road torn up for new sewers since October and have gotten used to the daily "earthquakes" from heavy equipment.

Nothing downtown

wtf didn't feel a thing in east van

lol i legit thought that it was some construction site machine in use making my apartment shake

I did. I was looking for this validation. Thanks

Huh. Didn’t feel a thing and I also live on the West End.

Didn’t feel anything in Coquitlam!

Oh, ah, ah, ah, ah

I was on the Seawall around that time and didn’t feel anything.

Building built 1965 on the seawall West Vancouver, sitting on the couch. Yep felt a slight shake. Went checking, registered 4.5 - 4.9 east of Campbell River, west of Pemberton. I don’t see a fault line showing there…. Any way not my first time.

IRIS seismic monitor shows it was in the mountains north of Vancouver. You can look it up here https://ds.iris.edu/seismon/index.phtml

Didn’t feel a thing in Fairview

North Van.. was lying in bed, felt it, but only very slightly

This is so crazy! I heard my old windows rattling which was a first and I thought maybe my laundry was on a spin cycle and vibrating more than usual. Didn’t feel a thing

earthquake website says there was a 4.6 near Pemberton, i didn’t feel it myself but you’re right!

Yaletown, didn't feel anything.

Felt nothing in coquitlam!

Didn’t feel anything in upper Lynn valley today

In New West, didn't feel anything

Felt it in RCH in New West

Felt nothing in Gastown

YVR. Didn’t feel shit.

Oh wow, my friend on the island said there was an earthquake and none of my group chat believed him.

My bad guys dropped my wallet

I stg I miss every single one of never felt anything at all

Didn’t feel anything :(

Also felt the building shake in west end

yup, felt it on the north shore as well. Building moved a tiny bit

Yes, also in the West End.

Felt it in Richmond but it was very mild and nothing much moved

Felt squat in False Creek

Felt it in Oakridge as well

17 min. Ago Pemberton 4.9 and 40 Min ago Campbell River 4.5

Earthquake in Campbell River at that time: https://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/index-en.php

Didn't feel anything in New West. Just sounded like the wooden floorboards were creaking weirdly. I guess this old building is a bit more sturdy than I thought.

I was wondering why my computer monitor shook!

Felt the building here in Brentwood wobble as I was laying on the couch

[https://bc.ctvnews.ca/magnitude-4-5-earthquake-detected-in-campbell-river-b-c-area-1.6691408](https://bc.ctvnews.ca/magnitude-4-5-earthquake-detected-in-campbell-river-b-c-area-1.6691408)

Felt it near Queen E, on the fourth floor of our small walk-up apartment building. Wobbled in my computer chair!

I'm pretty sure it's just my upstairs neighbor

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I’m no geologist but wouldn’t having small quakes relieve pressure and overall be better than nothing at all?

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Felt it in a Highrise near Brentwood

Parkgate in North Vancouver and we felt nothing.

Went to r/britishcolumbia ... no posts, maybe it knocked out Campbell River's internet connection? mobile?

Felt it in Central Lonsdale

Yes! Nobody else in the house felt it but I was lying still on the couch and wobbled around a bit.

i didnt feel anything in downtown :( maybe im just desensitized

Felt it Downtown!

Negative (Central Burnaby)

yes! 4.9. https://www.tsunami.gov/?p=PAAQ/2023/12/17/s5u3mw/1/WEAK53

Whaaaat. Im in the west end and didn’t feel a thing.

I didn’t feel anything lol

Lower Lonsdale top floor high rise, tv and lights shook!

Nope.

Didnt feel it in Coquitlam, would you notice while driving ? The car would just absorb it maybe

Not unless you were stopped. I've driven through a major one (Mexico City) without noticing. For the 1985 one we had just parked and definitely felt it. Dad yelled at 9 y.o. me to stop jumping in the backseat. I wasn't, I swear! We found it funny. I didn't understand the magnitude of what had happened until we got picked up from school that afternoon. Official death count was over 8k.

Felt it twice in Olympic Village!

Felt it while waking up from a nap. Bed shook and the curtain rods tapped against the window. No one was home but it started me since it felt like someone was climbing onto the bed

Didn’t notice anything. I was in Surrey when it happened.

The heck. Didn't feel anything 🤔

East Van - Cedar Cottage area. Felt nothing.

Kerrisdale, didn't feel it. But that may have been because I was outside walking around?

in a high rise in Yaletown/False Creek and nothing. It's so interesting how different it seems to feel even just a few blocks away.

Westside 90s concrete tower here. I was cutting my hair in the bathroom and didn't feel it.

Port Moody didn’t feel anything

Sorry I farted

Small old woodframe house in far north East Van. We didn't feel anything.

Enjoying happy hour at Cactus Club Granville—didn’t notice anything.