List of earthquakes in Canada
This is a list of earthquakes in Canada:
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List of notable earthquakes
| Date | Time‡ | Place | Latitude | Longitude | Fatalities | Magnitude | Comments | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 5, 1663 | 17:30 (local time) | Charlevoix–Kamouraska Region, QC see 1663 Charlevoix earthquake |
47.60 | -70.10 | 7.0 | Mw | [1] | |
| January 26, 1700 | 21:00 (local time) | see 1700 Cascadia earthquake |
48.50 | -125.00 | 8.7–9.2 | Mw This earthquake was linked to the "orphan tsunami" in Japan | [1] | |
| September 16, 1732 | 11:00 (local time) | Montreal, QC see 1732 Montreal earthquake |
45.50 | -73.60 | 5.8 | Mw | [1] | |
| December 6, 1791 | 20:00 (local time) | Charlevoix | 47.4 | -70.5 | 6.0 | [1] | ||
| October 17, 1860 | 06:15 (local time) | Charlevoix, QC | 47.5 | -70.1 | 6.0 | [1] | ||
| October 20, 1870 | 11:30 (local time) | Charlevoix, QC | 47.4 | -70.5 | 6.5 | [1] | ||
| December 15, 1872 | 05:37 | Washington State see 1872 North Cascades earthquake |
47.76 | -119.90 | 6.5–7.0 | Mw | [1] | |
| September 4, 1899 | 00:22 | Yukon–Alaska border | 60.00 | -140.00 | 8.2 | Ms | [1] | |
| December 6, 1918 | 08:41:08 | Vancouver Island, BC see 1918 Vancouver Island earthquake |
49.44 | -126.22 | 7.2 | Mw | [1] | |
| March 1, 1925 | 02:19:20 | Charlevoix–Kamouraska, QC see 1925 Charlevoix–Kamouraska earthquake |
47.8 | -69.8 | 6.2 | Mw | [1] | |
| May 26, 1929 | 22:39:54 | South of Queen Charlotte Islands, BC | 51.51 | -130.74 | 7.0 | Mw | [1] | |
| November 18, 1929 | 20:32 | Grand Banks of Newfoundland see 1929 Grand Banks earthquake |
44.5 | -56.30 | 28 | 7.2 | Mw Triggered a major underwater slump that caused a large tsunami, which devastated some coastal communities on Newfoundland | [1] |
| November 20, 1933 | 23:21:32 | Baffin Bay see 1933 Baffin Bay earthquake |
73.0 | -70.75 | 7.3–7.4 | Mw Largest known earthquake north of the Arctic Circle | [1] | |
| November 1, 1935 | 06:03:40 | Timiskaming see 1935 Timiskaming earthquake |
46.78 | 79.07 | 6.1 | Mw | [1] | |
| September 5, 1944 | 04:38:45 | Cornwall, ON/Massena, NY see 1944 Cornwall–Massena earthquake |
44.97 | -74.90 | 5.8 | Mw | [1] | |
| June 23, 1946 | 17:13:26 | Vancouver Island, BC see 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake |
49.76 | -125.34 | 2 | 7.3 | Ms | [1] |
| August 22, 1949 | 04:01:12 | Queen Charlotte Islands, BC see 1949 Queen Charlotte Islands earthquake |
53.62 | -133.27 | 8.1 | Mw | [1] | |
| July 10, 1958 | 06:15 | Lituya Bay, Alaska see 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami |
58.6 | -137.10 | 5 | 8.3 | MwTriggered a rockfall that caused a 524 m high tsunami | [1] |
| June 24, 1970 | 13:09:08 | Queen Charlotte Islands, BC | 51.77 | -130.76 | 7.4 | Mw | [1] | |
| February 28, 1979 | 13:27 (local time) | Southern Yukon–Alaska Border | 60.59 | -141.47 | 7.2 | Mw | [1] | |
| January 9, 1982 | 08:53 | Miramichi, NB | 47.00 | -66.60 | 5.7 | A pair of earthquakes, two days apart | [1] | |
| December 23, 1985 | 23:16 (local time) | The Nahanni region see 1985 Nahanni earthquakes |
62.19 | -124.24 | 6.9 | Mw The strongest of a sequence of major earthquakes | [1] | |
| November 25, 1988 | 23:46:04 | Saguenay see 1988 Saguenay earthquake |
48.12 | -71.18 | 5.9 | Mw | [1] | |
| December 25, 1989 | 14:24 | Ungava Region see 1989 Ungava earthquake |
60.12 | -73.60 | 6.3 | Ms This was the first earthquake in eastern North America confirmed to have produced surface faulting | [1] | |
| October 19, 1996 | 04:33:51 | Rocky Mountain House, AB | 52.21 | -115.21 | 3.8 | Mn Maximum intensity V, no damage | [2] | |
| November 5, 1997 | 02:34:33 | Quebec City, QC see 1997 Cap-Rouge earthquake |
46.80 | -71.42 | 1 | 5.1 | Mn | [2] |
| January 1, 2000 | 11:22:58 | Temiscamingue Region see 2000 Kipawa earthquake |
46.84 | -78.93 | 5.2 | Mn | [2] | |
| February 28, 2001 | 18:54:32 | Anderson Island see 2001 Nisqually earthquake |
47.15 | -122.71 | 1 (USA) | 6.8 | Mw | [2] |
| November 2, 2004 | 10:02:11 | Vancouver Island, BC | 49.15 | -129.00 | 6.6 | Mw | [2] | |
| October 20, 2005 | 21:16:28 | Owen Sound, ON | 44.68 | -80.48 | 4.3 | Mn | [2] | |
| February 25, 2006 | 01:39:22 | Thurso, QC | 45.65 | -75.23 | 4.5 | Mn | [2] | |
| October 9, 2007 | see 2007–2008 Nazko earthquakes | 52.88 | -124.8 | 4.0 (or less) | The first of a swarm of earthquakes that went on until 12 June 2008 | [2] | ||
| January 5, 2008 | 11:01:01 | Queen Charlotte Islands, BC | 51.07 | -131.06 | 6.5 | MwFollowed by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake just over 40 minutes later | [2] | |
| March 8, 2009 | 08:16:04 | Boiestown–Doaktown, NB | 46.60 | -66.31 | 3.4 | Mn | [2] | |
| November 17, 2009 | 15:30:41 | Queen Charlotte Islands, BC | 51.82 | -131.78 | 6.5 | Mw | [2] | |
| February 28, 2010 | 03:51:24 | Brownsburg-Chatham, QC | 45.72 | -74.46 | 3.9 | Mn | [2] | |
| June 23, 2010 | 17:41:41 | Ontario–Quebec see 2010 Central Canada earthquake |
45.88 | -75.48 | 5.0 | Mw | [2] | |
| August 7, 2010 | 14:34:42 | Montmagny, QC | 47.01 | -70.65 | 3.5 | Mn | [2] | |
| March 16, 2011 | 17:36:55 | Hawkesbury, ON | 45.58 | -74.55 | 4.3 | Mn | [2] | |
| September 9, 2011 | 19:31:34 | 2011 Vancouver Island earthquake | 49.493 | -126.967 | 6.4 | Mw This earthquake, which lasted 20–30 seconds, was the strongest to hit the region in nearly 7 years. It occurred on a secondary strike-slip structure and not on the plate boundary itself | [3] | |
| August 4, 2012 | 14:27 (local time) | 25 km W of Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, QC | 47.23 | 70.6 | 3.8 | [4] | ||
| August 19, 2012 | 279 km WSW of Tofino, BC (offshore) | 5.2 | [4] | |||||
| October 10, 2012 | 00:19 (local time) | 21 km WNW of St-Hyacinthe, QC | 4.5 | [5][6] | ||||
| October 27, 2012 | 20:04 (local time) | Haida Gwaii Islands region (Formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands) | 7.7 | 2012 Haida Gwaii earthquake | [5] | |||
| May 17, 2013 | 09:43 (local time) | 18 km NE of Shawville, QC, felt in the Ottawa–Gatineau area and out to Toronto and Waterloo. | 5.2 | 2013 Ontario–Quebec Quake | [5][7] | |||
| January 14, 2015 | 09:06 (local time) | 38 km (24 mi) west of Fox Creek, AB (169 km (105 mi) NNE of Jasper, AB) |
54.346 | -117.379 | 3.8 | Ml No damage reported | [8][9] | |
| January 22, 2015 | 23:49 (local time) | 36 km (22 mi) west of Fox Creek, AB (180 km (110 mi) NNE of Jasper, AB) |
54.433 | -117.302 | 4.4 | Ml Lightly felt in Fox Creek; reported as potentially being related to hydraulic fracturing | [8][9] | |
Abbreviations used:
- Mw Moment magnitude scale
- Ml Richter magnitude scale
- Ms Surface wave magnitude scale
- Mn Nuttli magnitude scale—a version of the Richter scale specifically for use in eastern North America[10]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 Natural Resources Canada. "Important Canadian Earthquakes". Earthquakes Canada. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 Natural Resources Canada. "Search results for earthquakes M>3.4, 1990-2011". Search the Earthquake Database. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ↑ Mann, Ted (10 September 2011). "Vancouver Looks to New Zealand to Prepare for Quakes". The Atlantic Wire. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2
- ↑ Canadian Press (10 October 2012). "Montreal rattled as magnitude 4.5 earthquake strikes Quebec". National Post. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ↑ "2 earthquakes felt in Ontario and Quebec". CBC News. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Howell, David (31 January 2015). "Fracking possible cause of 4.4-magnitude Fox Creek earthquake". Edmonton Journal (Postmedia Network). Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Search the Earthquake Database". Natural Resources Canada. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ Natural Resources Canada (12 August 2011). "Frequently Asked Questions about Earthquakes (FAQ)". Retrieved 3 December 2011.
External links
- Natural Resources Canada Earthquakes Canada
- Earthquakes Canada Recent earthquakes