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Western Quebec skilled a 3.9-magnitude earthquake Sunday afternoon, however no injury was anticipated.
In keeping with Earthquakes Canada, the quake occurred at 3:19 p.m. about 18 kilometres under the bottom about 128 km southeast of Val d’Or.
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Montreal is considered one of Quebec’s three “highest earthquake danger zones,” together with the Laurentians and the Témiscamingue area.
A 3.4-magnitude earthquake struck Repentigny on Sept. 24 at 7:59 p.m. and was recorded as being three kilometres from the Montreal suburb. The depth was 10 kilometres, in line with Earthquakes Canada. There was no reported injury.
Earthquakes Canada says the biggest earthquake recorded in Quebec was a 5.8-magnitude one which struck in 1732.
The biggest earthquake in Canada occurred within the Cascadia Subduction Zone, off British Columbia, on Jan. 26, 1700, and estimated at magnitude 9.
The federal company owns and operates the Canadian Nationwide Seismograph Community and tracks the quakes from its knowledge centres in Ottawa and Sidney, B.C.
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