Today in Earthquake History

Today's Earthquake Fact:
The term seismic seiche was first coined by Anders Kvale in 1955, to describe oscillation of lake levels in Norway and England caused by the Assam earthquake of August, 1950.

Year at a Glance

October

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

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Year	Location	Magnitude	Comment

1870	Canada	6.5	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. The Charlevoix earthquake of October 20, 1870

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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