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Vancouver will inventory and grade its building stock for earthquake risk, screening structures from the exterior to flag those most likely to fail in the next major quake.
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Vancouver, Canada
Who
Micah Hilt, Tiegan Hobbs, Christian Málaga-Chuquitaype, Shiling Pei, Ashkan Hashemi, Pierre Quenneville
What
Vancouver will inventory and grade its building stock for earthquake risk, screening structures from the exterior to flag those most likely to fail in the next major quake.
When
Wed, 17 Jun 2026 02:40:19 GMT · 2h 33m ago
Where
Vancouver, Canada ·
Why
Vancouver sits above a Cascadia megathrust and current models give a one-in-five chance of a very strong earthquake within 50 years.
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How this affects you
A 7.2-magnitude quake in the Georgia Strait could result in up to 1,350 dead or severely injured, nearly 6,100 heavily damaged buildings, and displace over a third of Vancouver's residents and workers for months, with losses near $17 billion.
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