M 7.1 earthquake – British Columbia-Yukon border, Canada
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Local time: Jan 17, 1901 · 19:39 (UTC-9)
Major
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- Magnitude
- 7.1moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- —
- Epicenter
- 60.000, -135.00080 km from Whitehorse
- Energy released
- 674 kilotons of TNTabout 45 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 84 km
- Significance
- 776USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest within 300 km on record
No earthquake this strong has been recorded this close since our catalog begins in 1900.
How strong was it?
Major earthquake. It released 674 kilotons of TNT, 1,413 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Canada.
- 7.8 The 1958 Lituya Bay, Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami Jul 10, 1958
- 7.2 31 km SSW of Pelican, Alaska Oct 24, 1927
- 7.0 2025 Hubbard Glacier Earthquake Dec 6, 2025
- 6.7 66 km WSW of Pelican, Alaska Jul 1, 1973
- 6.3 48 km NW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska May 1, 2017
- 6.2 47 km NW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska May 1, 2017
- 6.2 101 km SSW of Haines Junction, Canada Feb 3, 1944
- 6.1 62 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska Nov 16, 1945