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Historic Earthquake
1929 Grand Banks Earthquake
18 November 1929 · Grand Banks · Canada
On 18 November 1929 at 20:31 UTC, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Canada (Grand Banks), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the North American Plate. It killed at least 28 people.
- Date
- 18 November 1929
- Time
- 20:31 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.2
- Depth
- 10 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VI (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 28
- Estimated Damage
- 1 million US dollars
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (13.0 m wave)
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- Canada
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth