Magnitude 3.9 Earthquake of ONTARIO, CANADA 2012 May 02

2012 May 02 00:03:38 UTC:ONTARIO, CANADA

Magnitude: 3.9

Date-Time : Wednesday, May 02, 2012 at 00:03:38 UTC
Tuesday, May 01, 2012 at 08:03:38 PM at epicenter

Location : 51.987°N, 81.005°W
Depth : 15 km (9.3 miles)

Region : ONTARIO, CANADA

Distances:

a) 82 km (50 miles) NNW of Moosonee, Ontario, Canada

b) 141 km (87 miles) SE of Attawapiskat, Ontario, Canada

c) 165 km (102 miles) WNW of Waskaganish, Quebec, Canada

d) 828 km (514 miles) NNW of OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada

Location Uncertainty: horizontal +/- 23.8 km (14.8 miles); depth +/- 11 km (6.8 miles)

Parameters : NST= 46, Nph= 57, Dmin=797 km, Rmss=1.49 sec, Gp=108°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=7

Magnitude 8.1 Earthquake of Charlotte Islands, Canada 1949 August 22

Local Date and Time: August 21, 1949 at 08:01:12 pm Pacific time

UT Date and Time: 1949-08-22 04:01:12 UT

Magnitude: Mw 8.1; Ms 8.1

Maximum Intensity: (Modified Mercalli) VII-VIII

Location: 53.62° N 133.27° W

Canada's largest earthquake (magnitude 8.1) since 1700, occurred on August 22, 1949 off the coast of BC. It occurred on the Queen Charlotte Fault (Canada's equivalent of the San Andreas Fault) - the boundary between the Pacific and North American plates that runs underwater along the west coast of the Haida Gwaii (formerly Queen Charlotte Islands)

off the west coast of British Columbia. The shaking was so severe on the Haida Gwaii that cows were knocked off their feet, and a geologist with the Geological Survey of Canada working on the north end of Graham Island could not stand up. Chimneys toppled, and an oil tank at Cumshewa Inlet collapsed. In Terrace, on the adjacent 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 Prince Rupert, windows were shattered and buildings swayed.