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A 5.6 magnitude tremor registered early Sunday, but no tsunami warning issued.
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 ...
The 2012 Haida Gwaii earthquake occurred just after 8:04 p.m. PDT on October 27. The shock had a moment magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of V ( Moderate ). The earthquake's epicentre was on Moresby Island of the Haida Gwaii archipelago (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands).
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 ...
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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.
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 .