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Timiskaming, Quebec, Canada
1935 November 1 UTC
Magnitude 6.2

Heavy damage occurred in the Timiskaming area, Canada. In the United States, chimneys and plaster sustained minor damage at Cortland, New York, about 50 kilometers south of Syracuse. Felt in eastern Maine, south to Washington, D.C., and west to Wisconsin, including 17 States and three Canadian Provinces.

Abridged from Seismicity of the United States, 1568-1989 (Revised), by Carl W. Stover and Jerry L. Coffman, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527, United States Government Printing Office, Washington: 1993.

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