Southwestern British Columbia is recovering from the shock of Friday’s earthquake, which has triggered some concern about the consistency and timing of alerts sent to residents.
A federal seismologist says they are looking into the issue, but some variance on alerts sent to mobile devices can and does occur.
The earthquake, which is now rated by Natural Resources Canada at a magnitude of 4.7 centred 24 kilometres north-northeast of Sechelt, B.C., on the Sunshine Coast, has been followed by a number of aftershocks between 1.0 and 2.0 in strength.
A number of residents including Campbell River, B.C., teacher Nat Raedwulf Pogue posted on social media that they experienced shaking strong enough to make them consider taking cover but received no warning on their cellphones….