Safe Travels!
It is one thing to be prepared at home, but what can we do when traveling? How can we prepare? In August this year, a Canadian family’s earthquake survival story showed up in the news. … More
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Is it Time to Brush up on Your Tsunami Knowledge?
Living along the beautiful, rugged West Coast of British Columbia has a lot of perks, but it also comes with the responsibility of living within the Pacific Ring of Fire which is home to about … More
Learning from Recent Earthquakes
As recent as June 18, a 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck Osaka, Japan’s second largest city. It killed at least 5 people and left more than 200 more injured. Those of us at Quake Kit send … More
Start Your Own Emergency Preparedness Summer Camp
If you have kids in school, you’re probably all too aware of the fact that summer vacation is not really a vacation for parents. Instead, extra planning needs to go into daytime activities to keep … More
A Quick Lesson in Earthquake Terminology
When you start thinking about earthquakes, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and frightened. But at Quake Kit, we want you to understand that getting prepared takes away a huge percentage of the fear and stress. … More
Why It’s Important to Prepare for Earthquakes in BC
The West Coast of British Columbia is considered earthquake country. If you’ve lived here for a while, you might already know this, and you might even already have your own earthquake kit! Many major subduction … More
How to Stay Earthquake Prepared While You Travel
Summer is a typical time for many people to take vacations and spend time exploring new places—often even traveling to different countries and completely foreign lands. If you’re a seasoned traveler, you’ve probably figured out … More
How to Prepare Your Children for an Earthquake
Now that school is officially out for the summer, many parents are looking for ways to entertain their kids so that cabin fever doesn’t ensue. Summer may be a break for the kids, but it … More
Preparing Your Home for an Earthquake
As you can read about in this recent earthquake article in the LA Times, upgrading your home to better withstand an earthquake is voted not-a-waste-of-time by prominent seismologists. Because it’s impossible to know when an … More
Extra Earthquake Preparedness Tips!
If you’ve experienced an earthquake tremor before, you’ve probably put some thought into the possibility of getting prepared for the Big One in some way. There are a lot of resources that will share with … More
Earthquake Stories to Remind Us
Do you remember reading Aesop’s Fables as a kid, or for that matter, any fables— stories with morals? And in most cases, tales with very blunt, blatant morals? Well, sometimes reading about disasters feels like … More
Did You Feel the Bump?
Did you feel the bump, recently? At around 9pm on Thursday, June 15th, an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.7 struck Washington State. And many people from Victoria, BC say that they felt it. Some … More