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Canada

Canada on the map: 24 Holocene volcanoes and 33 strong earthquakes – with eruptions, elevations and dates.

Holocene volcanoes
24
Confirmed eruptions
22
Highest volcano
Silverthrone 2,860 m
Strong earthquakes (catalogue)
33
Strongest
M 8.0 1949
Holocene volcanoes and the strongest earthquakes

Volcanoes

VolcanoTypeElevationEruptionsLast
Iskut-Unuk River Cones Pyroclastic cones 1,880 m 7 1800
Edziza Stratovolcanoes 2,786 m 4 950
Endeavour Segment Fissure vents −2,050 m 2 3,490 BCE
Tseax River Cone Pyroclastic cones 612 m 2 1690
Wells Gray-Clearwater Volcanic fields 950 m 2 1550
Cobb Segment Fissure vents −2,100 m 1 1,180 BCE
Garibaldi Stratovolcanoes 2,678 m 1 8,060 BCE
Hoodoo Mountain Pyroclastic cones 1,850 m 1 7,050 BCE
Meager Complex volcanoes 2,680 m 1 410 BCE
Nazko Pyroclastic cones 1,238 m 1 5,220 BCE
Alligator Lake Volcanic fields 2,217 m 0 —
Atlin Volcanic Field Pyroclastic cones 1,880 m 0 —
Bridge River Cones Volcanic fields 2,500 m 0 —
Cayley Volcanic Field Volcanic fields 2,375 m 0 —
Crow Lagoon Pyroclastic cones 335 m 0 —
Fort Selkirk Volcanic fields 1,239 m 0 —
Garibaldi Lake Volcanic fields 2,316 m 0 —
Heart Peaks Shield volcanoes 2,012 m 0 —
Level Mountain Shield volcanoes 2,164 m 0 —
Milbanke Sound Group Pyroclastic cones 233 m 0 —
Silverthrone Calderas 2,860 m 0 —
Spectrum Range Shield volcanoes 2,430 m 0 —
Tuya Volcanic Field Volcanic fields 2,123 m 0 —
West Valley Segment Fissure vents −2,550 m 0 —

Strongest earthquakes

  1. M 8.0 · Haida Gwaii, Canada 22 August 1949 · 10 km
  2. M 7.8 · 206 km SW of Prince Rupert, Canada 28 October 2012 · 14 km
  3. M 7.5 · Vancouver Island, Canada 23 June 1946 · 30 km
  4. M 7.5 · 262 km W of Port McNeill, Canada 26 May 1929 · 15 km
  5. M 7.3 · 288 km S of Prince Rupert, Canada 24 June 1970 · 20 km
  6. M 7.1 · British Columbia-Yukon border, Canada 18 January 1901
  7. M 7.0 · Near La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada 5 February 1663
  8. M 6.9 · 32 km SW of Vernon, Canada 6 December 1918 · 15 km
  9. M 6.9 · Northwest Territories, Canada 23 December 1985 · 6 km
  10. M 6.8 · 212 km SW of Port McNeill, Canada 17 December 1980 · 10 km
  11. M 6.8 · 210 km SW of Port McNeill, Canada 22 October 2018 · 10 km
  12. M 6.7 · 250 km W of Tofino, Canada 20 December 1976 · 10 km
  13. M 6.7 · Northwest Territories, Canada 5 October 1985 · 10 km
  14. M 6.7 · 213 km W of Port McNeill, Canada 6 April 1992 · 20 km
  15. M 6.7 · 189 km SW of Port McNeill, Canada 2 November 2004 · 10 km
  16. M 6.7 · 280 km SW of Prince Rupert, Canada 22 March 1938 · 10 km
  17. M 6.7 · 235 km W of Port McNeill, Canada 17 September 1929 · 15 km
  18. M 6.6 · Near Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, Canada 20 October 1870
  19. M 6.6 · 252 km SW of Port McNeill, Canada 18 July 1939 · 15 km
  20. M 6.6 · 267 km WNW of Port McNeill, Canada 5 January 2008 · 15 km
  21. M 6.6 · 254 km SSW of Prince Rupert, Canada 17 November 2009 · 17 km
  22. M 6.6 · 176 km WSW of Port McNeill, Canada 23 July 1972 · 10 km
  23. M 6.5 · 295 km SSW of Prince Rupert, Canada 4 July 1960 · 15 km
  24. M 6.5 · 212 km W of Port McNeill, Canada 6 November 1910 · 15 km
  25. M 6.5 · 247 km WNW of Port McNeill, Canada 11 March 1912 · 15 km
  26. M 6.5 · 76 km SSW of Fort McPherson, Canada 5 June 1940 · 10 km
  27. M 6.5 · 269 km WNW of Port McNeill, Canada 21 December 1956 · 15 km
  28. M 6.5 · 107 km WSW of Vernon, Canada 24 April 2014 · 10 km
  29. M 6.5 · 223 km SW of Port McNeill, Canada 22 October 2018 · 10 km
  30. M 6.5 · 237 km SW of Port McNeill, Canada 22 October 2018 · 10 km
  31. M 6.5 · 271 km WNW of Port McNeill, Canada 15 September 2024 · 4 km
  32. M 6.4 · 66 km SW of Vernon, Canada 9 September 2011 · 22 km
  33. M 6.2 · 47 km NW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska 1 May 2017 · 10 km