USGS | 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits THE QUEEN CHARLOTTE REGION an archipelago on the British Columbia Coast, Canada - Tuesday, November 17, 2009

MAG	UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s	LAT deg	LON deg	DEPTH km	Region
MAP	5.7	2009/11/17 15:37:43	52.148	-131.469	10.0	QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS REGION
MAP	6.6	2009/11/17 15:30:47	52.080	-131.512	10.0	QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS REGION

Location	52.080°N, 131.512°W
Depth	10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region	QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS REGION
Distances	260 km (162 miles) SSW (199°) from Prince Rupert, BC, Canada 319 km (198 miles) WNW (301°) from Port Hardy, BC, Canada 339 km (211 miles) S (179°) from Metlakatla, AK 667 km (414 miles) WNW (301°) from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Earthquake hazards

The Queen Charlotte Islands are located along the Queen Charlotte Fault, an active transform fault that produces significant earthquakes every 3–30 years. The fault is the underwater meeting of the Pacific and North American Plates along the Queen Charlotte west coast.