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Historic Earthquake
2012 Haida Gwaii Earthquake
28 October 2012 · Queen Charlotte Islands · Canada
On 28 October 2012 at 03:04 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Canada (Queen Charlotte Islands), at a depth of 14 km. It occurred on the North American Plate, 55 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 1 person.
- Date
- 28 October 2012
- Time
- 03:04 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Depth
- 14 km
- Deaths
- 1
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (13.0 m wave)
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- Canada
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1970Queen Charlotte Islands, British Colombia · M 7.5
- 19491949 Queen Charlotte Islands Earthquake · M 8.1
- 1929Queen Charlotte Islands · M 7.0
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth