| Title | Seismic risk in the National Capital Region, Ontario |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Hobbs, T E |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Scientific Presentation 132, 2022, 14 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/329455  Open Access |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Meeting | Public Safety Canada's Emergency Management and Programs Branch, Ontario Region Seminar; November 2021 |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | digital; on-line |
| File format | readme
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| File format | pdf |
| Province | Ontario; Quebec |
| NTS | 31F; 31G; 31J; 31K |
| Area | National Capital Region; Ottawa; Gatineau |
| Lat/Long WENS | -78.0000 -74.0000 47.0000 45.0000 |
| Subjects | geophysics; tectonics; structural geology; Science and Technology; Nature and Environment; Health and Safety; earthquakes; earthquake risk; earthquake magnitudes; seismicity; seismic risk; tectonic
setting; tectonic history; bedrock geology; structural features; faults; isostatic rebound; seismic zones; earthquake damage; landslides; modelling; Great Meteor Hotspot; Western Quebec Seismic Zone; Northern Ontario Seismic Zone; Southern Great
Lakes Seismic Zone; 2010 M5.0 Val des Bois Earthquake; Buildings; Infrastructures; Emergency preparedness |
| Illustrations | geoscientific sketch maps; location maps; photographs; bar graphs; pie charts |
| Program | Public Safety Geoscience National Earthquake Risk Assessment Framework |
| Released | 2022 02 09 |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
This presentation discusses seismic risk in the Ontario Region, including a description of why earthquakes occur in Ontario and the results of a scenario
model for the Ottawa region. This scenario is not a real event, but is meant to illustrate some of the worst-case elements of a future large earthquake in this area. Although large earthquakes in Ontario are more rare than in other areas, these
events have occurred and will happen again in the future. This presentation is meant to aid practitioners in understanding the risk and potential impacts. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 329455 |
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