Vancouver Island seismologist: Quake was ‘like a train’

Earthquake seismologist John Cassidy initially thought the 10 seconds of rumblings he felt in his Cordova Bay home Saturday night could have been caused by an earthquake, but he wasn’t certain.
“It wasn’t a distinct jolt, not waves, but more rumbling like a train,” said Cassidy, head of the earthquake seismology section for Natural Resources Canada.
“I heard as much as I felt it,” said Cassidy. “And I did wonder about the Growlers, or a helicopter c