What the records say
- When
- 20 Nov 1933
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Where
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 73.12° N, 70.01° W
- Depth km
- 15
1933 Baffin Bay earthquake
Earthquake that struck Greenland and the Northwest Territories (now Nunavut), Canada
The 1933 Baffin Bay earthquake struck Greenland and the Northwest Territories, Canada with a moment magnitude of 7.4 at 18:21:35 Eastern Time Zone on November 20, 1933. Depth is estimated at 10–65 km (6.2–40.4 mi) and the maximum felt intensity is estimated at IV (Light).
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page