# List of earthquakes in Canada

This is a list of earthquakes in Canada.

## List

| Date | Place | Lat | Lon | Deaths | Injuries | Mag. | MMI | Comments |
| 2017-05-01 | Stikine Region, BC | 59.83 | −136.70 | | | 6.3 | VIII | Minor damage / Doublet earthquake |
| 2017-05-01 | Stikine Region, BC | 59.82 | −136.71 | | | 6.2 | VII | Minor damage / Doublet earthquake |
| 2017-01-08 | Nunavut | 74.39 | −92.42 | | | 6.0 | VII | |
| 2014-07-17 | Yukon | 60.35 | −140.33 | | | 6.0 | VI | |
| 2014-04-24 | West of Vancouver Island | 49.64 | −127.73 | | | 6.5 | VI | |
| 2013-01-05 | Near Craig, Alaska | 55.23 | −134.86 | | | 7.5 | VI | First supershear earthquake observed in an oceanic plate boundary |
| 2012-10-27 | Haida Gwaii | 52.77 | −131.93 | 1 | | 7.8 | V | Non-destructive tsunami |
| 2010-06-23 | Central Canada | 45.9 | −75.5 | | | 5.0 M$_w$ | VI | |
| 2009-11-17 | Queen Charlotte Islands, BC | 51.82 | −131.78 | | | 6.5 M$_w$ | | |
| 2009-07-07 | Baffin Bay | 75.35 | −72.45 | | | 6.1 | | |
| 2008-01-05 | Queen Charlotte Islands, BC | 51.07 | −131.06 | | | 6.5 M$_w$ | | Doublet (6.4 M$_w$  shock 40 minutes later) |
| 2007-10-09 | The Nazko region | 52.88 | −124.8 | | | ≤4.0 | I | Swarm ended June 2008 |
| 2004-11-02 | Vancouver Island, BC | 49.28 | −128.77 | | | 6.7 M$_w$ | | |
| 2004-07-19 | Vancouver Island | 49.62 | −126.97 | | | 6.4 | VI | |
| 2001-04-14 | Alberta | 56.08 | 119.81 | | | 5.3 | VII | Slight damage |
| 2001-02-28 | Puget Sound | 47.19 | −122.66 | 0–1 | 400 | 6.8 M$_w$ | VIII | One possible related heart attack in Washington. |
| 2000-01-01 | Timiskaming | 46.84 | −78.92 | | | 5.2 m$_N$ | VI | |
| 1997-11-05 | Quebec City, QC | 46.75 | −71.35 | 1 | | 5.2 m$_N$ | | |
| 1989-12-25 | Ungava Region | 60.12 | −73.6 | | | 6.0 M$_w$ | IV | First shock in eastern North America with surface faulting |
| 1988-11-25 | Saguenay | 48.12 | −71.18 | | | 5.9 M$_w$ | VII | |
| 1985-12-23 | The Nahanni region, NT | 62.22 | −124.24 | | | 6.9 M$_w$ | | The strongest of a sequence of major earthquakes |
| 1979-02-28 | Southern Yukon–Alaska Border | 60.59 | −141.47 | | | 7.2 M$_w$ | | |
| 1970-06-24 | Queen Charlotte Islands, BC | 51.77 | −130.76 | | | 7.4 M$_w$ | | |
| 1958-07-09 | Lituya Bay, Alaska | 58.6 | −137.10 | 5 | | 7.8 M$_w$ | XI | Rockfall caused a megatsunami (524 m (1,719 ft) runup) |
| 1949-08-22 | Queen Charlotte Islands, BC | 53.62 | −133.27 | | | 8.1 M$_w$ | VIII | Non-destructive tsunami |
| 1946-06-23 | Vancouver Island, BC | 49.75 | −124.5 | 2 | | 7.5 M$_w$ | VIII | |
| 1944-09-05 | Cornwall, ON/Massena, NY | 44.96 | −74.83 | | | 5.8 M$_w$ | VII | |
| 1935-11-01 | Timiskaming | 46.78 | −79.07 | | | 6.1 M$_w$ | VII | |
| 1933-11-20 | Baffin Bay | 73.12 | −70.01 | | | 7.4 M$_w$ | | Largest known earthquake north of the Arctic Circle |
| 1929-11-18 | Grand Banks of Newfoundland | 44.54 | −56.01 | 27–28 | | 7.2 M$_w$ | VIII | Underwater slump caused destructive tsunami |
| 1929-05-26 | Queen Charlotte Islands, BC | 51.51 | −130.74 | | | 7.0 M$_w$ | | |
| 1925-03-01 | Charlevoix–Kamouraska, QC | 47.8 | −69.8 | | | 6.2 M$_w$ | VIII | |
| 1918-12-06 | Vancouver Island, BC | 49.44 | −126.22 | | | 7.2 M$_w$ | VII | |
| 1899-09-10 | Yukon–Alaska border | 60.00 | −140.00 | | | 8.2–8.4 M$_s$ | | Part of a complex and not well understood sequence |
| 1899-09-04 | Yukon–Alaska border | 60.00 | -140.00 | | | 8.2–8.5 M$_s$ | | Part of a complex and not well understood sequence |
| 1872-12-15 | Washington State | 47.9 | −120.3 | | | 6.5–7.0 M$_w$ | VIII | |
| 1870-10-20 | Charlevoix, QC | 47.4 | −70.5 | 6 | | 6.5 | | |
| 1860-10-17 | Charlevoix, QC | 47.5 | −70.1 | | | 6.0 | | |
| 1791-12-06 | Charlevoix | 47.4 | −70.5 | | | 6.0 | | |
| 1732-09-16 | Montreal, QC | 45.5 | −73.6 | 0–1 | | 5.8 M$_w$ | VIII–IX | |
| 1700-01-26 | Pacific Northwest | 45.0 | −125.0 | | | 8.7–9.2 M$_w$ | | Linked to the destructive "orphan tsunami" in Japan |
| 1663-02-05 | Charlevoix–Kamouraska, QC | 47.6 | −70.1 | | | 7.3–7.9 M$_w$ | X | |
| The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability essay that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described are also applicable to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded. ||||||||||
Abbreviations used:
* M$_w$ Moment magnitude scale
* M$_L$ Richter scale
* M$_s$ Surface-wave magnitude scale
* M$_n$ Nuttli magnitude scale—a version of the Richter scale specifically for use in eastern North America