This week B次元官网网址� hundreds of years ago B次元官网网址� a colossal earthquake struck the central west coast of what is now known as Vancouver Island.

According to First Nations elders, the 9.0-magnitude quake in 1700 CE kick-started a tsunami that devastated an entire village, wiping out the 5,000 residents who lived in Anacla.

B次元官网网址淲e are able to use our history to learn from the past and prepare for future tsunamis,B次元官网网址� Robb Johnson, member of the Huu-ay-aht peoples, told Prepared BC.

Awesome morning at Pachena Bay! Stopped and saw the House of and learned more about west coast First Nations history. As well about brackish water that forms when freshwater meets the ocean. We also saw 4 bald eagles and seals!

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In 1990, the community decided to relocate new housing to above sea level, on hills across the Pachena River B次元官网网址� to prevent a similar event.

Rebuilding includes addition of a general store, gas station and the development of the Pachena Bay Campground.

To this day, the tale of what happened to Anacla is handed down to younger Indigenous generations through oral history.

in 1700 a 9.0M struck off the west coast of what is now called Vancouver Island. Read the seismic oral history, graciously shared by Huu-ay-aht elders, in our Earthquake and guide (PDF, 1.5MB):

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