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M7.7 - Kermadec Islands Region, 1986
Objects knocked from shelves on Raoul Island. Felt at Napier and Wellington, New Zealand. Tsunami generated with maximum wave heights 22 cm at Hilo, 15 cm at Kahului, 13 cm at Honolulu and 7 cm at Kona, Hawaii; 14 cm at Papeete, Tahiti and 10 cm at Pago Pago, Samoa Islands.
M6.5 - Canada, 1870
This damaging earthquake was apparently centered between Montreal and Quebec in the Saint Lawrence Valley. The shock was felt over an area estimated to be at least a million square miles including Sault Sainte Marie.
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