M4.3 earthquake 31 km S of Jonquière, Canada
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 31 km S of Jonquière, Canada on Wed, Nov 23, 1988, 4:11 AM EST (09:11 UTC), 28 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 33 km S of Jonquière, Canada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1988-11-23 09:11:27 UTC
- Depth
- 28.4 km (17.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.134° N, 71.203° W
- Region
- Canada
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt in the Bagotville-Chicoutimi and Quebec City-Trois Rivieres areas.
From the USGS event page for usp0003p46. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.933 km S of Jonquière, Canada · 13825 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.130 km S of Jonquière, Canada · 13825 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.648 km S of Jonquière, Canada · 13825 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.930 km S of Jonquière, Canada · 13825 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.634 km S of Saguenay, Canada · 13825 days ago · 34 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.528 km S of Saguenay, Canada · 13825 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.939 km SSE of Saguenay, Canada · 13770 days ago · 30 km deep · 19 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003p46. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:04 AM UTC.