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Today in Earthquake History

October 20

Note: All earthquake dates are UTC, not local time.

Year Location Magnitude Comment
1870 Canada   This damaging earthquake was apparently centered between Montreal and Quebec in the Saint Lawrence Valley. The shock was felt over an area estimated to be at least a million square miles including Sault Sainte Marie.
1986 Kermadec Islands Region 8.3 Objects knocked from shelves on Raoul Island. Felt at Napier and Wellington, New Zealand. Tsunami generated with maximum wave heights 22 cm at Hilo, 15 cm at Kahului, 13 cm at Honolulu and 7 cm at Kona, Hawaii; 14 cm at Papeete, Tahiti and 10 cm at Pago Pago, Samoa Islands.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World 1986.

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