1949 Queen Charlotte earthquake

1949 Queen Charlotte earthquake

Earthquake
title = 1949 Queen Charlotte earthquake
date = August 22, 1949

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magnitude = 8.1 Mw
depth =
location = coord|53.62|N|133.27|W
countries affected = Canada
tsunami =
aftershocks =
casualties = None

The Queen Charlotte earthquake of 1949 was a magnitude 8.1 interplate earthquake that struck the sparsely populated Queen Charlotte Islands and the Pacific Northwest coast on August 22, 1949. It is one of the world's greatest earthquakes. [ [http://commons.bcit.ca/civil/students/earthquakes/unit1_02.html Unit1: Earthquakes: Seismicity of Canada] Retrieved on 2008-06-03] The main shock epicenter began in the ocean bottom just offshore the rugged coast of Graham Island. It ruptured along the Queen Charlotte Fault both northward and southward more than Unit km|500|0. Shaking was felt throughout British Columbia, parts of Washington, Oregon, Alberta, the Yukon, and Alaska. [http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/historic_eq/20th/1949_e.php Natural Resources Canada: The M8.1 Queen Charlotte Island Earthquake of August 22, 1949] Retrieved on 2008-06-03] No deaths were reported in this earthquake. [http://www.iamamerica.com/media/Canadian_Earthquakes.pdf Earthquakes in Saskatchewan and Canada] Retrieved on 2008-06-03]

This earthquake, larger than the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, is Canada's largest earthquake recorded by seismometers. However, the greatest earthquake in Canadian history was the 1700 Cascadia earthquake, a megathrust earthquake that occurred along the Pacific Northwest coast from Northern California to southwestern British Columbia which reached magnitude 9 on the Richter magnitude scale. [ [http://www.ec.gc.ca/envirozine/english/issues/63/any_questions_e.cfm EnviroZine: Environment Canada's Online Newsmagazine] Retrieved on 2008-06-03]

Geology

The 1949 Queen Charlotte earthquake was caused by a rupture on the Queen Charlotte Fault. This fault runs from northern Vancouver Island, west of the Queen Charlotte Islands, up to the Gulf of Alaska. The earthquake ruptured the fault for a distance more than Unit km|500|0.


=Subsequent da

Although nobody was killed in this earthquake, people and animals were knocked off their feet and there were landslides and other damage. Chimneys tumbled, and an oil tank at Cumahewa Inlet collapsed. In the service community of Terrace, away on the mainland, cars were bounced around, and standing on the street was described as "like being on the heaving deck of a ship at sea". In the port city of Prince Rupert, windows were destroyed and buildings swung.

ee also

*List of earthquakes in Canada
*1700 Cascadia earthquake
*1906 San Francisco earthquake

References


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