November 26, 1988 |
A strong earthquake rattled much of the northeastern United States and eastern Canada on Friday, shaking buildings in both nations, knocking out power and phone service in much of Quebec province and frightening thousands of people, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of serious damage or injury. The Canadian government said that the earthquake, which was measured at a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 on the Richter scale, was the most powerful temblor to strike the region since 1935.
November 15, 1987
An earthquake shook objects from shelves in southeastern Alaska and adjacent sections of Canada, geologists said. The quake, which measured 5.3 on the Richter scale, was centered just southeast of Haines, Alaska, Bob Horner, a seismologist with the Geological Survey of Canada, said in a telephone interview from the Pacific Geoscience Centre in Sidney, British Columbia.
July 24, 1987 |
A light earthquake rattled the Toronto area of Canada early Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The survey's earthquake monitors at Golden, Colo., said the tremor measured 3.2 on the Richter scale.