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Geological Survey of Canada
Open File 8803

Felt reports and impact of the November 25, 1988 magnitude 5.9 Saguenay, Quebec earthquake sequence

M. Lamontagne, K.B.S. Burke, and L. Olson

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Natural Resources, 2021

Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.4095/328194

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Recommended citation

Lamontagne, M., Burke, K.B.S., and Olson, L., 2021. Felt reports and impact of the November 25, 1988, magnitude 5.9 Saguenay, Quebec earthquake sequence; Geological Survey of Canada, 
Open File 8803, 1 .zip file. https://doi.org/10.4095/328194

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Contents

This Open File provides descriptions of the felt effects of the 1988 Saguenay earthquake with ratings on the Modified Mercalli Scale.  It also provides scans of the original felt information questionnaires that were collected by the Geological Survey of Canada shortly after the earthquake occurred and other felt information, damage and geotechnical reports and newspaper clippings. 

Directory structure
of_8803.pdf (report)
of_8803_readme.rtf (this file)
of_8803_intensities.kmz (GoogleEarth File)
of_8803_intensities.xlsx
\Felt_Reports (directory with Canadian felt reports grouped by intensities)
\Field-Work (directory of photos from the aftershock survey)
\Newspapers (directory with newspaper clippings)
\Technical-Reports (directory with technical reports)

Author contact information

M. Lamontagne (maurice.lamontagne@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca)
Geological Survey of Canada
601 Booth Street 
Ottawa, Ontario 
K1A 0E8

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