What the records say
- When
- 18 Nov 1929
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 44.43° N, 56.03° W
- Deaths
- 28
- Damage musd
- 1
- Max water height m
- 13
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.2
- Runups
- 46
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1929 Grand Banks earthquake
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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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page