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First supershear earthquake observed in an oceanic plate boundary 2015-04-24 South of Haida Gwaii: 51.62 -130.77 0 0 6.2 V 2012-11-08 West of Vancouver Island 49.23 -128.48 0 0 6.1 IV 2012-10-30 Haida Gwaii: 52.37 -131.90 0 0 6.2 Aftershock of 7.8 earthquake 2012-10-28 Haida Gwaii 52.67 -132.60 0 0 6.3 V Aftershock of 7.8 earthquake
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck near Vancouver Island on Thursday.. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the quake hit at around 9:15 a.m. along the Juan De Fuca Ridge, about ...
This earthquake, larger than the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, is Canada's largest earthquake recorded by seismometers. However, the greatest earthquake in Canadian history was the 1700 Cascadia earthquake , a megathrust earthquake that occurred along the Pacific Northwest coast from Northern California to southwestern British Columbia which ...
The 2010 Central Canada earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 5.0 in Central Canada on 23 June at about 13:41:41 EDT and lasted about 30 seconds. [3] [4] The epicentre was situated approximately 56 kilometres (35 mi) north of Ottawa, Ontario, [5] in the municipality of Val-des-Bois, Quebec. [6] Canada's capital, Ottawa, declared this ...
The 1700 Cascadia earthquake occurred along the Cascadia subduction zone on January 26, 1700, with an estimated moment magnitude of 8.7–9.2. The megathrust earthquake involved the Juan de Fuca Plate from mid-Vancouver Island, south along the Pacific Northwest coast as far as northern California.
1946 Vancouver Island earthquake. / 49.62; -125.26. The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake struck Vancouver Island on the coast of British Columbia, Canada, on June 23 at 10:15 a.m. [1] with a magnitude estimated at 7.0 Ms [2] and 7.5 Mw. [6] The main shock epicenter occurred in the Forbidden Plateau area northwest of Courtenay.
Significant earthquakes associated with this seismic zone include the 1732 Montreal earthquake, the 1935 Timiskaming earthquake, the 1944 Cornwall–Massena earthquake, and the 2010 Central Canada earthquake. Between the years 1980 and 2000 there were 16 earthquakes stronger than a Richter 4.0, with many more of a lesser magnitude. The zone ...
The 1663 Charlevoix earthquake occurred on February 5 in New France (now the Canadian province of Quebec ), and was assessed to have a moment magnitude of between 7.3 and 7.9. [2] The earthquake occurred at 5:30 p.m. local time and was estimated to have a maximum perceived intensity of X ( Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale.