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This is a list of earthquakes in Canada. List. Date Place Lat Lon Deaths Injuries Mag. MMI Comments 2018-10-22 Vancouver Island, British Columbia: 49.335 -129.289 0 0 ...
Cascadia earthquake: Earthquake: British Columbia: West Coast M w 8.7 – 9.2 megathrust earthquake along the Cascadia subduction zone: 1700: Eruption of Tseax Cone: Volcanic eruption: Tseax Cone, British Columbia: West Coast 2000 One of Canada's worst known geophysical disasters 1711 October 7: HMS Feversham: Shipwreck: Scatarie Island, Colony ...
1700 Cascadia earthquake; 1918 Vancouver Island earthquake; 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake; 1949 Queen Charlotte Islands earthquake; 1964 Alaska earthquake; 2012 Haida Gwaii earthquake; 2013 Craig, Alaska earthquake
The last known great earthquake in the northwest was the 1700 Cascadia earthquake, 324 years ago. Geological evidence indicates that great earthquakes (> magnitude 8.0) may have occurred sporadically at least seven times in the last 3,500 years, suggesting a return time of about 500 years.
The interplate earthquake began in the ocean bottom just off the rugged coast of Graham Island. It ruptured along the Queen Charlotte Fault both northward and southward more than 500 km (311 mi). Shaking was felt throughout British Columbia, parts of Washington, Oregon, Alberta, the Yukon, and Alaska. [5] No deaths were reported in this earthquake.
Another earthquake rumbled through the Columbia area as tremors hit overnight. A 2.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded early Sunday morning in the Midlands , according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
There have been almost as many earthquakes as there have been days since two powerful quakes shook up the Midlands in late June. Rumbling continues as early-morning earthquake hits the Columbia ...
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 M s [2] and 7.5 M w. [6] The main shock epicenter occurred in the Forbidden Plateau area northwest of Courtenay.