In late February and early March , filming of most of the exterior shots , along with Bella 's vampire scenes , occurred in Canada . The film 's first shooting location in Canada was Vancouver . However , the cast and crew were evacuated from the set due to the tsunami advisories resulting from the 9.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Japan on March 11 , 2011 . Toni Atterbury , a spokeswoman for the film , said that " the crew was moved to higher ground " as a safety precaution and " the shoot was delayed for a few hours , but the day 's work was accomplished " . Therefore , filming relocated to Squamish , British Columbia , but a few scenes were shot in the Orpheum theater in Vancouver with the Vancouver police covering all the entrances of the theater
earthquake that hit Japan
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
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