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Historic Earthquake
1929 Canada Earthquake
26 May 1929 · Queen Charlotte Islands · Canada
On 26 May 1929 at 22:39 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Canada (Queen Charlotte Islands), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 20 km from its boundary with the Juan de Fuca Plate (mid-ocean ridge). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 26 May 1929
- Time
- 22:39 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 33 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- Canada
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20122012 Haida Gwaii Earthquake · M 7.71 deaths
- 1970Queen Charlotte Islands, British Colombia · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth