Location: Richmond, BC elevn: 5m. Lat. 49.17352 Long. -123.2

Direct Google URL: This link takes you to a prepared viewpoint.

Hazard type: wa

Short Description: Natural hazards that threaten the City of Richmond.

Long Description: City of Richmond, probably safe from Tsunami but still needing to consider strategies to protect people and property from storm surge or waves, and effects of ground shaking due to earthquakes.

A sketch of what artificial sea berms may look like off the foreshore of Sturgeon Bank. The tentatively planned berms will mitigate erosion and protect the dyke from sea level rise.

media1: City recently unveiled Phase Two of its master plan, which involves superdykes along the middle arm, near City Centre. (Graeme Wood / Richmond News, April 13, 2017)

media2: Earthquakes and Richmond; the hazards and mitigation page from City of Richmond, BC.

In Depth: See section 8 “earthquake liquifaction” and the map showing all of richmond and much of Surry having “moderate to high” liquefaction susceptibility during an earthquake.