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Experts say massive landslide on BC's central coast caused a shock equivalent to a 4.9 magnitude earthquake

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Experts say a massive landslide in a remote inlet on BC's central coast caused a shock that was equivalent to a 4.9 magnitude earthquake.

The slide happened on November 28.

It happened near Elliot Creek, just east of the head of Bute Inlet north of Powell River.

Brent Ward, a geology professor and co-director of the Centre for National Hazards Research at Simon Fraser University, says the landslide created its own seismic event.

Local Indigenous groups say the landslide impacted salmon spawning habitat.

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