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On Friday November 25, 1988 the largest earthquake in eastern North America in 53 years occurred 35 km south of Chicoutimi, Québec and 75 km north of the Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake zone. This earthquake, referred to as the Saguenay earthquake, was located in a relatively aseismic region, had a calculated magnitude of 5.9 mb, 6.5 MN, and ...
"The most significant earthquake in over fifty years in eastern North America took place on November 25, 1988. The event was centered north of Quebec City in the Province of Quebec, Canada. The purpose of this open file report is to present the strong motion data recorded from this event by the Eastern Canada Strong Motion Seismograph Network ...
May 1, 2009 · Historically, Quebec City was subject to several moderate to strong earthquakes with epicenters in the Charlevoix seismic zone (80–180 km epicentral distance) in 1663, 1791, 1860, 1870, and 1925; and in the Saguenay region (150 km epicentral distance) in 1988.
Felt reports and impact of the November 25, 1988, magnitude 5.9 Saguenay, Quebec earthquake sequence / M. Lamontagne, K.B.S. Burke, and L. Olson.: M183-2/8803E-PDF "The November 25, 1988, moment magnitude 5.9 (Mw) Saguenay earthquake is one of the largest eastern Canadian earthquakes of the 20th century.
- Geological Survey of Canada, issuing body.
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- Open file, 2816-7155 ; 8803
The November 25, 1988, magnitude 5.9 (Mw) Saguenay earthquake was the largest event to take place in Eastern North America since the M 6.2 Temiscaming earthquake of 1935. Its epicenter was located in the Laurentide Fauna Reserve of Quebec, about 35 km to the south of the city of Chicoutimi (now a
Abstract. The Saguenay earthquake of 25 November 1988 occurred close to the southern margin of the Saguenay Graben in southern Quebec. It was caused by almost purely dip-slip faulting centered at a depth of 26 km with a P axis oriented northeast-southwest.
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video Quebec shaken by earthquake in 1988. 35 years ago; Archives; Duration 4:16; The biggest earthquake to hit eastern North America in half a century strikes in Quebec's quake-prone region.
