1946 Vancouver Island earthquake
- 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake
Earthquake
title = 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake
date = June 23, 1946
magnitude = 7.3 Mw
depth = approx. Unit km|20|0
location = coord|49.75|N|124.5|W
countries affected = Canada
tsunami =
aftershocks =
casualties = 2 killed
The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake was a 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Vancouver Island on the coast of British Columbia, Canada at 10:15 a.m. on Sunday, June 23, 1946.
This earthquake is Canada's largest historic onshore earthquake.[ [http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/historic_eq/20th/1946/1946_e.php The M7.3 Vancouver Island Earthquake of 1946] Retrieved on 2008-06-11] However, the greatest earthquake in Canadian history recorded by seismometers was the 1949 Queen Charlotte earthquake, a interplate earthquake that occurred along in the ocean bottom just offshore the rugged coast of Graham Island which reached magnitude 8.1 on the moment magnitude scale. [ [http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/historic_eq/20th/1949_e.php The Magnitude 8.1 Queen Charlotte Island Earthquake of Augest 22, 1949] Retrieved on 2008-06-11] ]ee also
*List of earthquakes in Canada
*1949 Queen Charlotte earthquake
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