Canada is located near and on many fault lines. With fault, lines energy builds up and has to be expelled in the form of an earthquake. The regions for seismic activity in Canada are: the Cordillera region, British Columbia, the Arctic and to a smaller extend, and central Quebec. More than 4,000 earthquakes occur in Canada every year. The western regions are the most seismically active region in Canada. More than 100 earthquakes with a magnitude of 5 or more have occured in Canada over the past 70 years. In 1949 a massive earthquake with the magnitude of 8.1 occurred in Queen Charlottetown, British Columbia. The earthquake was caused by the seismic energy on the Queen Charlottetown fault line between the Pacific and North American Plate. This
