1732 Montreal earthquake

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1732 Montreal earthquake

Date	September 16, 1732 (1732-09-16)
Magnitude	5.8 M_w
Epicenter	approx. 45°30′N 73°36′W / 45.5°N 73.6°W / 45.5; -73.6
Countries or regions	Canada
Max. intensity	IX; VIII suggested^[1]
Casualties	1 reported, not enough evidence found^[2]

The 1732 Montreal earthquake was a 5.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Quebec, Canada at 11:00 a.m. on September 16, 1732.^[1] The shaking associated with this earthquake shook the city of Montreal with significant damage, including destroyed chimneys, cracked walls and 300 damaged houses,^[2] as well as 185 buildings destroyed by fire following the earthquake.^[3] A girl was reported killed from the seismic activity, although Gabriel Leblanc found present information could not substantiate the claim, especially since, if the death was true, it should have been but was not mentioned in the description of the natural disaster by Sister Cuillerier, a staff member of the Hotel Dieu Hospital.^[1]

The 1732 Montreal earthquake is one of the major earthquakes that occurred in the Western Quebec Seismic Zone.^[4]

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v t e Earthquakes in Canada

Historical	1663 Charlevoix 1700 Cascadia 1732 Montreal

20th Century	1918 Vancouver Island 1925 Charlevoix–Kamouraska 1929 Grand Banks 1933 Baffin Bay 1935 Timiskaming 1944 Cornwall-Massena 1946 Vancouver Island 1949 Queen Charlotte Islands 1985 Nahanni 1988 Saguenay 1989 Ungava 1997 Cap-Rouge

21st Century	2000 Kipawa 2001 Nisqually 2007–2008 Nazko 2010 Central Canada 2012 Haida Gwaii

v t e History of Montreal

Topics	Hochelaga Fort Ville-Marie Notre-Dame de Montréal Governor of Montreal Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Sulpice Seminary Battle of Long Sault Old Montreal Great Peace of Montreal Citadel Grey Nuns 1732 earthquake Capitulation of Montreal American occupation North West Company Bank of Montreal Lachine Canal List of Mayors Burning of the Parliament Great Fire of 1852 Gavazzi Riots Victoria Bridge Golden Square Mile Oldest buildings Ouimetoscope St. Lawrence Seaway Expo 67 Sir George Williams Affair Murray-Hill riot October Crisis Montreal Metropolitan Commission Montreal Urban Community 1976 Summer Olympics Overdale École Polytechnique massacre Montreal merger Dawson College shooting National Historic Sites in Montreal

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1732 Montreal earthquake

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