Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson says the earthquake near Haida Gwaii is a wake-up call for the city. Robertson says even though they have made earthquake preparedness a high priority, there are a lot of buildings not ready for a big quake. "We're doing the work at the city to go through all of our buildings and assess them for earthquake … [Read more...]
Earthquake hits, tsunami warning in effect for parts of BC
October 27, 2012 by
A major earthquake -- and now a significant aftershock have hit the BC coast. At 8:04 tonight -- a magnitude 7.1 quake struck the Queen Charlottes -- about 40 kilometres south of Sandspit -- with a depth of about 19 kilometres. That has now been followed by an aftershock -- magnitude 5.8 -- also in the Haida Gwaii region. Officials have now … [Read more...]
Lance Black To Pen Abrams’ “Earthquake”
July 29, 2012 by
Oscar-winning scribe Dustin Lance Black ("Milk," "J. Edgar") is set to script the large scale disaster epic "Earthquake" for Universal Pictures and Bad Robot says Deadline. Despite Universal owning the rights, this is NOT a remake of the 1974 Charlton Heston film of the same name. David Seltzer ("The Omen") penned a previous draft several years … [Read more...]
“San Andreas 3D” – An Earthquake Epic
December 3, 2011 by
Allan Loeb (“Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” “21”) has penned the script "San Andreas: 3D", a big budget 3D earthquake disaster epic at New Line reports The Los Angeles Times. The story involves a father forced to go on the road to reconcile with his children and his estranged wife, who’s moved away and taken up with another man in Los Angeles. … [Read more...]
