The Haida Gwaii earthquake of 1949 was a magnitude 8.1 interplate earthquake that struck the sparsely populated islands of Haida Gwaii and the Pacific Northwest coast on August 22, 1949. It is one of the world's greatest earthquakes.Read more
The Haida Gwaii earthquake of 1949 was a magnitude 8.1 interplate earthquake that struck the sparsely populated islands of Haida Gwaii and the Pacific Northwest coast on August 22, 1949. It is one of the world's greatest earthquakes.