List of earthquakes in Canada

This is a list of earthquakes in Canada.

List

Date Place Lat Lon Deaths Injuries MMIComments2025-12-06Yukon/Alaska60.359 -139.5467.0VIII2025-02-21Squamish-Lillooet, BC49.693 -123.5454.8VIWidely felt across BC.2017-05-01Stikine Region, BC59.83 −136.706.3VIIIMinor damage / Doublet earthquake2017-05-01Stikine Region, BC59.82 −136.716.2VII2017-01-08Nunavut74.39 −92.426.0VII2014-07-17Yukon60.35 −140.336.0VI2014-04-24West of Vancouver Island49.64 −127.736.5VI2013-01-05Near Craig, Alaska55.23 −134.867.5VIFirst supershear earthquake observed in an oceanic plate boundary 2012-10-27 Haida Gwaii 52.77 −131.931 7.8 V Non-destructive tsunami 2010-06-23 Central Canada 45.9 −75.5 5.0 VI 2009-11-17 Queen Charlotte Islands, BC 51.82 −131.78 6.5-6.6 V2009-07-07Baffin Bay75.35 −72.456.1 2008-01-05 Queen Charlotte Islands, BC 51.07 −131.06 6.5 Doublet (6.4 shock 40 minutes later) 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 2004-07-19Vancouver Island49.62 −126.976.4VI2001-04-14Alberta56.08 −119.815.3VIISlight damage 2001-02-28 Puget Sound 47.19 −122.66 0–1 400 6.8 VIII One possible related heart attack in Washington. 2000-01-01 Timiskaming 46.84 −78.92 5.2 VI 1997-11-05 Quebec City, QC 46.75 −71.35 1 5.2 1989-12-25 Ungava Region 60.12 −73.6 6.0 IV First shock in eastern North America with surface faulting 1988-11-25 Saguenay 48.12 −71.18 5.9 VII 1985-12-23 The Nahanni region, NT 62.22 −124.24 6.9 The strongest of a sequence of major earthquakes 1979-02-28 Southern Yukon–Alaska Border 60.59 −141.47 7.2 1970-06-24 Queen Charlotte Islands, BC 51.77 −130.76 7.4 1958-07-09 Lituya Bay, Alaska 58.6 −137.10 5 7.8 XI Rockfall caused a megatsunami ( runup) 1949-08-22 Queen Charlotte Islands, BC 53.62 −133.27 8.1 VIII Non-destructive tsunami 1946-06-23 Vancouver Island, BC 49.75 −124.5 2 7.5 VIII 1944-09-05 Cornwall, ON/Massena, NY 44.96 −74.83 5.8 VII 1935-11-01 Timiskaming 46.78 −79.07 6.1 VII 1933-11-20 Baffin Bay 73.12 −70.01 7.4 Largest known earthquake north of the Arctic Circle 1929-11-18 Grand Banks of Newfoundland 44.54 −56.01 27–28 7.2 VIII Underwater slump caused destructive tsunami 1929-05-26 Queen Charlotte Islands, BC 51.51 −130.74 7.0 1925-03-01 Charlevoix–Kamouraska, QC 47.8 −69.8 6.2 VIII 1918-12-06 Vancouver Island, BC 49.44 −126.22 7.2 VII 1899-09-10 Yukon–Alaska border 60.00 −140.00 8.2–8.4 Part of a complex and not well understood sequence 1899-09-04 Yukon–Alaska border 60.00 -140.00 8.2–8.5 Part of a complex and not well understood sequence 1872-12-15 Washington State 47.9 −120.3 6.5–7.0 VIII 1870-10-20 Charlevoix, QC 47.4 −70.5 6 6.5 1860-10-17 Charlevoix, QC 47.5 −70.1 6.0 1791-12-06 Charlevoix 47.4 −70.5 6.0 1732-09-16 Montreal, QC 45.5 −73.6 0–1 5.8 VIII–IX 1700-01-26 Pacific Northwest 45.0 −125.0 8.7–9.2 Linked to the destructive "orphan tsunami" in Japan 1663-02-05 Charlevoix–Kamouraska, QC 47.6 −70.1 7.3–7.9 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.

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List of earthquakes in Canada

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