List of earthquakes in Canada
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An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time...

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Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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  • 1638 St. Lawrence Region earthquake - 7.0-7.5 M
  • 1663 Charlevoix earthquake
    1663 Charlevoix earthquake
    The 1663 Charlevoix earthquake was a major earthquake, with a magnitude between 7.3 and 7.9, that struck the entire eastern part of North America at 5:30 p.m. on February 5, 1663...

     - 7 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 1700 Cascadia earthquake - approximate 8.7-9.2 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 1732 Montreal earthquake
    1732 Montreal earthquake
    The 1732 Montreal earthquake was a 5.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Quebec, Canada at 11:00 a.m. on September 16, 1732. The shaking associated with this earthquake shook the city of Montreal with significant damage, including destroyed chimneys, cracked walls and 300 damaged houses, as well as...

     - 5.8 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 1791 Charlevoix earthquake - 6.0 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 1860 Charlevoix earthquake - 6.0 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 1870 Charlevoix earthquake - 6.5 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 1872 Washington earthquake - 6.8 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 1918 Vancouver Island earthquake
    1918 Vancouver Island earthquake
    The 1918 Vancouver Island earthquake was a large earthquake that struck British Columbia, Canada at 12:41 a.m. on Friday, December 6, 1918.This was most likely a strike-slip earthquake, with epicenter near the west coast of Vancouver Island....

     - 6.9-7.0 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 1925 Charlevoix–Kamouraska earthquake - 6.2-6.5 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 1929 Grand Banks earthquake
    1929 Grand Banks earthquake
    The 1929 Grand Banks earthquake, also called the Laurentian Slope earthquake and the South Shore Disaster, was a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that occurred on November 18, 1929 in the Atlantic Ocean off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Laurentian Slope Seismic Zone.The earthquake was centred on...

     - 7.2 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 1933 Baffin Bay earthquake
    1933 Baffin Bay earthquake
    The 1933 Baffin Bay earthquake was a 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Greenland and Nunavut, and Canada at 6:21 p.m. ET on Sunday, November 20, 1933....

     - 7.3 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 1935 Timiskaming earthquake
    1935 Timiskaming earthquake
    The 1935 Timiskaming earthquake was a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that occurred on November 1, 1935 in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec...

     - 6.2 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 1944 Cornwall-Massena earthquake
    1944 Cornwall-Massena earthquake
    The 1944 Cornwall-Massena earthquake occurred on Tuesday, September 5, 1944, at roughly 12:40am EST in Massena, New York. It was registered as a magnitude 5.8 on the Richter scale and was felt for a great distance. This area is part of the Saint Lawrence River Valley and the seismically active...

     - 5.8 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake
    1946 Vancouver Island earthquake
    The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake was a 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Vancouver Island, on the Coast of British Columbia, Canada, at 10:15 a.m. on Sunday, June 23, 1946. The main shock epicenter occurred in the Forbidden Plateau area northwest of Courtenay...

     - 7.3 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 1949 Queen Charlotte earthquake
    1949 Queen Charlotte earthquake
    The Queen Charlotte Islands earthquake of 1949 was a magnitude 8.1 interplate earthquake that struck the sparsely populated Queen Charlotte Islands and the Pacific Northwest coast on August 22, 1949. It is one of the world's greatest earthquakes. The main shock epicenter began in the ocean bottom...

     - 8.1 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 1970 Queen Charlotte earthquake - 7.0 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 1976 Pender Island earthquake - 5.3 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 1982 Miramichi earthquake - 5.8 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 1985 Nahanni earthquakes
    1985 Nahanni earthquakes
    The 1985 Nahanni earthquakes is the name for a continuous sequence of earthquakes that began in 1985 in the Nahanni region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The largest of these earthquakes occurred on December 23, 1985, reaching 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale...

     - 6.9 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 1988 Saguenay earthquake
    1988 Saguenay earthquake
    The 1988 Saguenay earthquake was a 5.9 magnitude earthquake that struck Quebec, Canada on Friday, November 25, 1988. It is one of the largest recorded earthquakes in eastern Canada and eastern North America during the 20th century....

     - 5.9 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 1989 Ungava earthquake - 6.3 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 1996 Rocky Mountain House earthquake
    1996 Rocky Mountain House earthquake
    The 1996 Rocky Mountain House earthquake was a magnitude 3.8 earthquake that struck the nearby community of Rocky Mountain House on October 19, 1996. It was strongly felt southwest of Rocky Mountain House close to the Strachan gas plant. Even though the earthquake reached V-IV on the Mercalli...

     - 3.8 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 1997 Cap-Rouge earthquake
    1997 Cap-Rouge earthquake
    The 1997 Cap-Rouge earthquake was a magnitude 5.2 earthquake that struck southern Quebec, Canada on November 5, 1997 at 9:34 PM EST. It was felt in southern Quebec, eastern Ontario, and parts of New England, United States. A total of 17 aftershocks were recorded....

     - 5.2 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 2000 Kipawa earthquake
    2000 Kipawa earthquake
    The 2000 Kipwa earthquake was a 5.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Quebec and Ontario, Canada at 6:22 a.m. on Saturday, January 1, 2000. It occurred in the Western Quebec Seismic Zone....

     - 5.2 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 2001 Nisqually earthquake - 6.8 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 2004 Vancouver Island earthquake - 6.7 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 2005 Thornbury Earthquake - 5.2 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 2006 Thurso earthquake - 4.5 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 2007–2008 Nazko earthquakes - <4.0 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 2008 Queen Charlotte Islands earthquake - 6.6 M
  • 2009 Boiestown-Doaktown earthquake - 3.4 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 2009 Queen Charlotte Islands earthquake - 6.5 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 2010 Western Quebec earthquake (13 kilometres northwest of Lachute) - 3.9 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 2010 Central Canada earthquake
    2010 Central Canada earthquake
    The 2010 Central Canada earthquake was a magnitude 5.0 earthquake that occurred in Central Canada on June 23, 2010, at about 13:41:41 EDT and lasted about 30 seconds....

     - 5.0 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 2010 Montmagny earthquake - 3.5 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 2011 Lachute Quebec earthquake - 4.7 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

  • 2011 Vancouver Island earthquake
    2011 Vancouver Island earthquake
    A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck 175 miles west of Vancouver at 12:41 p.m. local time on Sept 9, 2011, 23 km deep. It lasted 20-30 seconds. No damage was reported. Many aftershocks occurred, including a magnitude 4.9 tremor on the same day, without any damages...

     - 6.4 Mw
    Moment magnitude scale
    The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

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