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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.
The diaries of Jacques Cartier contain the earliest references to a large earthquake in Canada, thought to be an event in 1534 near La Malbaie, Quebec, and not far from the November epicentre.
"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.
- Geological Survey of Canada, issuing body.
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- Open file, 2816-7155 ; 8803
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Geological Survey of Canada Open File Report 3279, 1996. 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 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
Nov 26, 1988 · Nov. 26, 1988 12 AM PT. From Times Wire Services. A strong earthquake rattled much of the northeastern United States and eastern Canada on Friday, shaking buildings in both nations, knocking...
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.
