1933 Baffin Bay earthquake
Earthquake that struck Greenland and the Northwest Territories (now Nunavut), Canada
73°04′N 70°01′W / 73.07°N 70.01°W / 73.07; -70.01 [1]The 1933 Baffin Bay earthquake struck Greenland and the Northwest Territories (now Nunavut), Canada with a moment magnitude of 7.4 [1] at 18:21:35 Eastern Time Zone on November 20.
The main shock epicenter was located in Baffin Bay on the east coast of Baffin Island. Shaking was only felt at the small town of Upernavik, Greenland. The event is the largest recorded earthquake to strike the passive margin of North America and is the largest north of the Arctic Circle. No damage was reported because of its offshore location and the small population of the nearby onshore communities.[2]
Tectonic setting
Canada is not typically associated with seismic activity, however, Canada does experience infrequent large earthquakes. At the location of the earthquake, there is an extinct spreading center which formed the Baffin Bay itself. This passive margin is seismic, and occasionally reactivates to slip in a strike slip manner.[1]
Regional seismicity
The region around northwestern Baffin Bay and northeastern Baffin Island continues to be seismically active.[3] Six magnitude 6 earthquakes have occurred there since 1933. Multiple small earthquakes with magnitudes ~4-5.5 still occur each year.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Bent, Allison (3 September 2002). "The 1933 Ms= 7.3 Baffin Bay earthquake: strike-slip faulting along the northeastern Canadian passive margin". Geophysical Journal International. 150 (3): 724–736. Bibcode:2002GeoJI.150..724B. doi:10.1046/j.1365-246X.2002.01722.x.
- ^ NRC (2013), The 1933 Baffin Bay earthquake, Natural Resources Canada
- ^ "The 1933 Baffin Bay earthquake". Earthquakes Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
Sources
- Bent, A. L. (2002), "The 1933 Ms= 7.3 Baffin Bay earthquake: strike-slip faulting along the northeastern Canadian passive margin" (PDF), Geophysical Journal International, 150 (3), Wiley: 724–736, Bibcode:2002GeoJI.150..724B, doi:10.1046/j.1365-246X.2002.01722.x
- Whipple, F. J. W. (1933), "The Baffin Bay Earthquake", Nature, 132 (3344), Nature Publishing Group : 845, Bibcode:1933Natur.132..845., doi:10.1038/132845a0
External links
- The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.
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Earthquakes in the 1930s
- Bago (7.5, May 5) †
- Salmas (7.1, May 6) †‡
- Irpinia (6.6, July 3) †
- Dhubri (7.1, July 3)
- Senigallia (5,8, Oct 30)
- North Izu (7.3, Nov 26) †
- Pyu (7.3, Dec 4) †
- Jalisco (8.2 & 7.7 & 7.0, June 3 & 18 & 22) †
- Eureka (6.4, June 6)
- Ierissos (7.0 Sept 26) †‡
- Cedar Mountain (7.2, Dec 20)
- Changma (7.6, Dec 25) †
- Sanriku (8.4, Mar 2) †
- Long Beach (6.4, Mar 10) †
- Kos (6.4, Apr 23) †
- Sumatra (7.7, Jun 24) †
- Diexi (7.3 Aug 25) †‡
- Baffin Bay (7.7, Nov 20)
- Bihar (8.0, January 15) † ‡
- Pahiatua (7.6, Mar 5)
- Hansel Valley (6.6, March 12)
- Erdek–Marmara Islands (7.4, Jan 4)
- Shinchiku-Taichū (7.1, Apr 21) †
- Digor (6.1, May 1) †
- Quetta (7.7, May 31) †‡
- Helena (6.2, Oct 19)
- Timiskaming (6.1, Nov 1)
- Sumatra (7.7, Dec 28)
† indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths
‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year
‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year
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