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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).
First supershear earthquake observed in an oceanic plate boundary 2015-04-24 South of Haida Gwaii: 51.62 -130.77 0 0 6.2 V 2012-11-08 West of Vancouver Island 49.23 -128.48 0 0 6.1 IV [9] 2012-10-30 Haida Gwaii: 52.37 -131.90 0 0 6.2 Aftershock of 7.8 earthquake [10] 2012-10-28 Haida Gwaii 52.67 -132.60 0 0 6.3 V Aftershock of 7.8 earthquake [11]
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck off the Vancouver Island region, Canada, on November 8, at a depth of 16.6 km. [144] A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck near Shwebo, Myanmar , on November 11, at a depth of 9.8 km, with at least 38 dead or missing.
Vancouver, BC West Coast 8 [13] 1946 June 23: Vancouver Island earthquake: Earthquake Vancouver Island, BC West Coast 2 ... 2012 February 26: Burlington derailment:
The earthquake experts warn will hit Vancouver Island and the surrounding area in coming decades could leave the region even more FUBAR than expected.
A fault off the Pacific coast could devastate Washington, Oregon and Northern California with a major earthquake and tsunami. Researchers mapped it comprehensively for the first time.
The 1949 Olympia earthquake was a damaging magnitude 6.7 intraslab earthquake that occurred at 52 km depth and caused eight deaths. Another notable intraslab earthquake in the Puget Sound region was the magnitude 6.8 2001 Nisqually earthquake. Intraslab earthquakes in Cascadia occur in areas where the subducting plate has high curvature. [13]
1700 Cascadia earthquake; 1918 Vancouver Island earthquake; ... 2012 Haida Gwaii earthquake; 2013 Craig, Alaska earthquake; N. 2007–2008 Nazko earthquakes