good friday earthquake is the largest magnitude earthquake that has occurred in the pacific northwest.
good friday earthquake is the largest magnitude earthquake that has occurred in the pacific northwest.
what is the largest magnitude earthquake that has occurred in the pacific northwest?
good friday earthquake
because this quake occurred before the modern surface wave magnitude scale was developed and widely implemented, this earthquake may have only had the same overall intensity as the 2012 haida gwaii earthquake. in future there may be some research done to compare the two earthquake events.









































this earthquake, larger than the 1906 san francisco earthquake, is canada's largest earthquake recorded by seismometers. however, the greatest earthquake in canadian history was the 1700 cascadia earthquake, a megathrust earthquake that occurred along the pacific northwest coast from northern california to southwestern british columbia which reached magnitude 9 on the richter magnitude scale.
1949 queen charlotte islands earthquake
list of earthquakes in chile occurring in 2010









































several earthquakes have occurred in chilean territory in 2010:









































bullet::::- 2010 chile earthquake (also called the maule earthquake), the 8.8 magnitude earthquake on 27 february 2010 off the coast of maule, which killed more than 500 people.









































bullet::::- 2010 first pichilemu earthquake, the 6.9 magnitude earthquake on 11 march 2010 on the coast of pichilemu









































bullet::::- 2010 first biobío earthquake, the 6.7 magnitude earthquake on 15 march 2010 off the coast of biobio









































bullet::::- 2010 drake passage earthquake, the 6.3 magnitude earthquake on 17 january 2010 beneath the drake passage
list of earthquakes in chile occurring in 2010