Small earthquake recorded in Canada's most seismically active fault zone
Earthquakes Canada said the 3.9-magnitude tremor occurred 46 km west-southwest of Daajing Giids, B.C., and was recorded at a depth of 21 kilometres.
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No damage is to be expected as a result, and none was reported. Mild shaking was reported near Maude Island, however.
The quake occurred along the Queen Charlotte Fault, a right-lateral, strike-slip fault, where the opposite side of it moves to the right, just like the San Andreas Fault in California.
The fault marks the boundary between the Pacific and the North American plates, Canada's most seismically active fault zone.
The largest, regional earthquake in that zone was a massive, 8.1-magnitude tremor that occurred on Aug. 22, 1949--recorded with 100 kilometres of Sunday's tremor.
It is Canada's strongest earthquake on record, releasing an estimated two million times more energy than Sunday's 3.9-magnitude tremor.
The Sunday B.C. earthquake did not generate a tsunami threat, but follows a few days after the major Russia tremor that did put parts of the coast under a watch and advisory for several hours.
However, the 8.8-magnitude earthquake did generate a tsunami for ports on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, near the quake's epicentre, in northern Japan and parts of Hawaii.
B.C. residents who felt Sunday's minor earthquake can submit shaking reports, here.
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With files from Tyler Hamilton, a meteorologist at The Weather Network, and Nathan Howes, a digital journalist at The Weather Network.
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