List of earthquakes in Canada

This is a list of earthquakes in Canada.

List

Date	Place	Lat	Lon	Deaths	Injuries	Mag.	MMI	Comments
2017-05-01	Stikine Region, BC	59.83	−136.70			6.3	VIII	Minor damage / Doublet earthquake	[1]
2017-05-01	Stikine Region, BC	59.82	−136.71			6.2	VII		[2]
2017-01-08	Nunavut	74.39	−92.42			6.0	VII		[3]
2014-07-17	Yukon	60.35	−140.33			6.0	VI		[4]
2014-04-24	West of Vancouver Island	49.64	−127.73			6.5	VI		[5]
2013-01-05	Near Craig, Alaska	55.23	−134.86			7.5	VI	First supershear earthquake observed in an oceanic plate boundary
2012-10-27	Haida Gwaii	52.77	−131.93	1 [6]		7.8	V	Non-destructive tsunami	[7]
2010-06-23	Central Canada	45.9	−75.5			5.0 Mw	VI
2009-11-17	Queen Charlotte Islands, BC	51.82	−131.78			6.5 Mw			[8]
2009-07-07	Baffin Bay	75.35	−72.45			6.1			[9]
2008-01-05	Queen Charlotte Islands, BC	51.07	−131.06			6.5 Mw		Doublet (6.4 Mw  shock 40 minutes later)	[8]
2007-10-09	The Nazko region	52.88	−124.8			≤4.0	I	Swarm ended June 2008
2004-11-02	Vancouver Island, BC	49.28	−128.77			6.7 Mw			[8]
2004-07-19	Vancouver Island	49.62	−126.97			6.4	VI		[10]
2001-04-14	Alberta	56.08	119.81			5.3	VII	Slight damage	[11]
2001-02-28	Puget Sound	47.19	−122.66	0–1	400	6.8 Mw	VIII	One possible related heart attack in Washington.
2000-01-01	Timiskaming	46.84	−78.92			5.2 mN	VI
1997-11-05	Quebec City, QC	46.75	−71.35	1		5.2 mN
1989-12-25	Ungava Region	60.12	−73.6			6.0 Mw	IV	First shock in eastern North America with surface faulting
1988-11-25	Saguenay	48.12	−71.18			5.9 Mw	VII
1985-12-23	The Nahanni region, NT	62.22	−124.24			6.9 Mw		The strongest of a sequence of major earthquakes
1979-02-28	Southern Yukon–Alaska Border	60.59	−141.47			7.2 Mw			[12]
1970-06-24	Queen Charlotte Islands, BC	51.77	−130.76			7.4 Mw			[12]
1958-07-09	Lituya Bay, Alaska	58.6	−137.10	5		7.8 Mw	XI	Rockfall caused a megatsunami (524 m (1,719 ft) runup)
1949-08-22	Queen Charlotte Islands, BC	53.62	−133.27			8.1 Mw	VIII	Non-destructive tsunami
1946-06-23	Vancouver Island, BC	49.75	−124.5	2		7.5 Mw	VIII
1944-09-05	Cornwall, ON/Massena, NY	44.96	−74.83			5.8 Mw	VII
1935-11-01	Timiskaming	46.78	−79.07			6.1 Mw	VII
1933-11-20	Baffin Bay	73.12	−70.01			7.4 Mw		Largest known earthquake north of the Arctic Circle
1929-11-18	Grand Banks of Newfoundland	44.54	−56.01	27–28		7.2 Mw	VIII	Underwater slump caused destructive tsunami
1929-05-26	Queen Charlotte Islands, BC	51.51	−130.74			7.0 Mw			[12]
1925-03-01	Charlevoix–Kamouraska, QC	47.8	−69.8			6.2 Mw	VIII
1918-12-06	Vancouver Island, BC	49.44	−126.22			7.2 Mw	VII
1899-09-10	Yukon–Alaska border	60.00	−140.00			8.2–8.4 Ms		Part of a complex and not well understood sequence	[13]
1899-09-04	Yukon–Alaska border	60.00	-140.00			8.2–8.5 Ms		Part of a complex and not well understood sequence	[12] [13]
1872-12-15	Washington State	47.9	−120.3			6.5–7.0 Mw	VIII
1870-10-20	Charlevoix, QC	47.4	−70.5	6		6.5			[14]
1860-10-17	Charlevoix, QC	47.5	−70.1			6.0			[12]
1791-12-06	Charlevoix	47.4	−70.5			6.0			[12]
1732-09-16	Montreal, QC	45.5	−73.6	0–1		5.8 Mw	VIII–IX
1700-01-26	Pacific Northwest	45.0	−125.0			8.7–9.2 Mw		Linked to the destructive "orphan tsunami" in Japan
1663-02-05	Charlevoix–Kamouraska, QC	47.6	−70.1			7.3–7.9 Mw	X
The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability essay that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described are also applicable to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

Abbreviations used:

• M_w Moment magnitude scale
• M_L Richter scale
• M_s Surface-wave magnitude scale
• M_n Nuttli magnitude scale—a version of the Richter scale specifically for use in eastern North America ^[15]

See also

• Fracking in Canada

References

1. "M 6.3 – 88 km WNW of Skagway, Alaska". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
2. "M 6.2 – 88 km WNW of Skagway, Alaska". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
3. "M 6.0 – 79 km ESE of Resolute, Canada". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
4. "M 6.0 – 90 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
5. "M 6.5 – 120 km S of Port Hardy, Canada". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
6. "Tsunami Event: HAIDA GWAII, CANADA". NGDC.
7. "M 7.8 – Haida Gwaii, Canada". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
8. "Search results for earthquakes M>3.4, 1990–2011". Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 8 November 2016.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
9. "M 6.1 – Baffin Bay". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
10. "M 6.4 – Vancouver Island, Canada region". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
11. "M 5.3 – 44 km NE of Dawson Creek, Canada". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
12. "Important Canadian Earthquakes". Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
13. McCann, William (1980). "Yakataga gap, Alaska: Seismic history and earthquake potential". Science. 207 (4437): 1309–1314. Bibcode:1980Sci...207.1309M. doi:10.1126/science.207.4437.1309. JSTOR   1683431. S2CID   128624810 . Retrieved 3 July 2022.
14. "M 6.6 – Near Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, Canada". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
15. "Frequently Asked Questions about Earthquakes (FAQ)". Natural Resources Canada. 12 August 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2011.

Further reading

• Gouin, P. (1994), "About the First Earthquake Reported in Canadian History", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 84 (2): 478–483, doi:10.1785/BSSA0840020478

External links

• Natural Resources Canada Earthquakes Canada
• Earthquakes Canada Recent earthquakes Archived 2012-08-19 at the Wayback Machine