M4.5 earthquake Nunavut, Canada
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in Nunavut, Canada on Tue, Aug 18, 1981, 7:27 AM GMT-6 (13:27 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
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The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-08-18 13:27:54 UTC
- Depth
- 18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 65.840° N, 89.890° W
- Region
- Canada
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 0 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
None recorded.
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001fbt (also filed as iscgem613206). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:07 PM UTC.