Earthquake — Canada: Grand Banks

When

18 Nov 1929

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.2

Where

Canada

Coordinates

44.43° N, 56.03° W

Deaths

28

Damage musd

1

Intensity mmi

6

Depth km

10

Earthquake and tsunami in eastern Canada

The 1929 Grand Banks earthquake occurred on November 18, 1929. The shock had a moment magnitude of 7.2 and a maximum Rossi–Forel intensity of VI and was centered in the Atlantic Ocean off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Laurentian Slope seismic zone.

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