Canada's National Earthquake Scenario Catalogue - Queen Charlotte Fault - Magnitude 8.0
In 1949 a magnitude 8.1 earthquake occurred on the Queen Charlotte Fault, off the west coast of the Haida Gwaii archipelago. This magnitude 8.0 scenario along the Queen Charlotte Fault is slightly different and closer to population centres than the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that occurred in 2012.
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2022-12-05
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2022-12-05
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2022-12-05 - Present
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Government of Canada;Natural Resources Canada;Lands and Minerals Sector, Geological Survey of Canada. (2022-12-05). Canada's National Earthquake Scenario Catalogue - Queen Charlotte Fault - Magnitude 8.0.
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