What the records say
- When
- 22 Aug 1949
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 53.60° N, 133.30° W
- Max water height m
- 0.61
- Source quake magnitude
- 8.1
- Runups
- 9
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1949 Queen Charlotte Islands earthquake
Magnitude 8.1 earthquake in the Canadian Pacific Northwest
The 1949 Queen Charlotte Islands earthquake struck Haida Gwaii and the Pacific Northwest coast at 8:01 p.m. PDT on August 21. The earthquake had a moment magnitude of 8.0 and a surface-wave magnitude of 8.1. The maximum Mercalli Intensity in the event was VIII (Severe).
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page