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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. It was characterized by a single foreshock ...
ABSTRACT. 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.
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.
- Paul G. Somerville, James P. McLaren, Chandan K. Saikia, Donald V. Helmberger
- 1990
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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
Feb 1, 1991 · The November 25, 1988, Saguenay earthquake ( mb 5.9) occurred at 23:46:04.5 U.T. outside previously known seismic source-zones in eastern Canada.
- Reynald Du Berger, Denis W. Roy, Maurice Lamontagne, Gérard Woussen, Robert G. North, Robert J. Wetm...
- 1991
"The November 25, 1988, moment magnitude 5.9 (Mw) Saguenay earthquake is one of the largest eastern Canadian earthquakes of the 20th century. It was preceded by a magnitude (MN) 4.7 foreshock and followed by very few aftershocks considering the magnitude of the main shock.
Mar 1, 2000 · From November 1988 until the end of January 1989 the Saguenay region (Province of Qudbec, Canada), experienced sixty-seven earthquakes (M > 0). A foreshock, magnitude 4.8 m bLg , occurred on 23 November at 4:12 am (all times in this paper are EST).
