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Aftershocks from the 1925 Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake


The main shock was followed by many aftershocks. These were described as almost continous during the night. Of the fifty-five aftershocks listed below, seventeen have been assigned magnitude and dealt with individually. The remainder are of slight intensity and are generally based on single reports from places close to the epicenter.
(Date and time mentionned are in universal time)

1925 MARCH 1  	04:30:42     MAG. 5.0ML
1925 MARCH 1 06:25:21 MAG. 4.0ML
1925 MARCH 1 07:25:10 MAG. 4.0ML
1925 MARCH 1 13:21:30 MAG. 3.7ML
1925 MARCH 1 14:10 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 1 14:20 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 1 14:30 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 1 15:39 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 1 16:27 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 1 17:24 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 1 18:35 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 1 19:55 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 1 20:26 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 1 21:15 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 2 00:15 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 2 11:35 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 2 14:42 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 2 14:43 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 2 15:29 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 2 20:25 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 2 22:26 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 2 23:14 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 2 23:45 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 3 11:05 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 3 13:23 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 3 16.15 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 3 19:34 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 3 23:33 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 4 03:25 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 4 19:30 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 5 17:20 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 5 20:32 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 5 22:45 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 5 23:43 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 6 13:34 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 6 15:30 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 6 19:10 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 7 02:30 MAG. 4.0ML
1925 MARCH 7 04:30 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 8 00:00 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 8 14:02 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 8 15:42 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 8 22:45 Felt at Pointe-au-Pic.
1925 MARCH 14 10:18 MAG. 3.7ML
1925 MARCH 17 14:45:20 MAG. 3.7ML
1925 MARCH 18 13:15:22 MAG. 3.7ML
1925 MARCH 21 15:22:04 MAG. 5.0ML
1925 APRIL 10 9:30 MAG. 3.0ML
1925 APRIL 11 11:30 MAG. 3.0ML
1925 APRIL 26 04:50 MAG. 3.7ML
1925 MAY 31 03:57 MAG. 3.0ML
1925 JULY 5 MAG. 2.4ML
1925 JULY 6 21:33:04 MAG. 3.7ML
1925 JULY 27 02:20-02:45 MAG. 3.7ML
1925 JULY 27 09:00 MAG. 3.0ML





1925 FEBRUARY 28. 11:30:42 p.m. (local time) VI.
Aftershock of 1925 FEBRUARY 28. 9:19:20 p.m. (local time) IX. Felt at La Malbaie, Tadoussac, Chicoutimi, Baie-St-Paul, Quebec City, Levis and Trois-Pistoles, Que., and recorded at Ottawa.

1925 MARCH 1. 1:25:21 a.m. (local time) IV-V.
Aftershock of 1925 FEBRUARY 28. 9:19:20 p.m. (local time) IX. Felt at La Malbaie, Tadoussac, Chicoutimi, Baie-St-Paul, Quebec City, Levis and Trois-Pistoles, Que., and recorded at Ottawa.

1925 MARCH 1. 2:25:10 a.m. (local time) IV-V.
Aftershock of 1925 FEBRUARY 28. 9:19:20 p.m. (local time) IX. Felt at La Malbaie, Tadoussac, Chicoutimi, Baie-St-Paul, Quebec City, Levis and Trois-Pistoles, Que., and recorded at Ottawa.

1925 MARCH 1. 8:21.5 a.m. (local time) IV.
Aftershock of 1925 FEBRUARY 28. 9:19:20 p.m. (local time) IX. Felt generally over the epicentral area and recorded at Ottawa.

1925 MARCH 6. 9:30 p.m. (local time) V.
Aftershock of 1925 FEBRUARY 28. 9:19:20 p.m. (local time) IX. Felt at Pointe-au-Pic. Trois-Pistoles, Riviere-du- Loup, St-Pacome, Riviere-Ouelle, Tadoussac, Chicoutimi and La Malbaie, Que., and recorded at Ottawa.

1925 MARCH 14. 5:18 a.m. (local time) IV.
Aftershock of 1925 FEBRUARY 28. 9:19:20 p.m. (local time) IX. Reported from Chicoutimi and from a point in the woods about midway between Chicoutimi and La Malbaie Que., and recorded at Ottawa.

1925 MARCH 17. 9:45:20 a.m. (local time) IV.
Aftershock of 1925 FEBRUARY 28. 9:19:20 p.m. (local time) IX. Recorded at Ottawa. Presumably felt at the epicentre.

1925 MARCH 18. 8:15:22 a.m. (local time) IV.
Aftershock of 1925 FEBRUARY 28. 9:19:20 p.m. (local time) IX. Recorded at Ottawa. Presumably felt at the epicentre.

1925 MARCH 21. 10:22:04 a.m. (local time) VI.
Aftershock of 1925 FEBRUARY 28. 9:19:20 p.m. (local time) IX. Reported as felt on board an icebreaker near Richelieu Rapids. Felt also at Misere, St-Adalbert, St-Donat, Riviere-du-Loup, La Malbaie, Ha! Ha! Bay and Quebec City, all in Quebec. Registered on the Ottawa seismograph.

1925 APRIL 10. 4:30 a.m. (local time) III.
Aftershock of 1925 FEBRUARY 28. 9:19:20 p.m. (local time) IX. Felt at St-Pascal, La Malbaie and Chicoutimi, but not at St-Bruno, all in Quebec.

1925 APRIL 11. 6:30 a.m. (local time) III.
Aftershock of 1925 FEBRUARY 28. 9:19:20 p.m. (local time) IX. Felt at St-Pascal, La Malbaie, and Chicoutimi, but not at St-Bruno, all in Quebec.

1925 APRIL 25. 11:50 p.m. (local time) IV.
Aftershock of 1925 FEBRUARY 28. 9:19:20 p.m. (local time) IX. Felt at St-Pascal, Kamouraska, Ste-Anne-de-la- Pocatiere, and Chicoutimi, Que. but not on the Canadian National Railway from Monk to Riviere-Bleue.

1925 MAY 30. 10:57 p.m. (local time) III.
Aftershock of 1925 FEBRUARY 28. 9:19:20 p.m. (local time) IX. Felt at La Malbaie but not at Quebec City.

1925 JULY 5. II.
Aftershock of 1925 FEBRUARY 28. 9:19:20 p.m. (local time) IX. Felt on the north shore of the St.Lawrence east of Baie-St-Paul, Que.

1925 JULY 6. 4:33:04 p.m. (local time) IV.
Aftershock of 1925 FEBRUARY 28. 9:19:20 p.m. (local time) IX. Felt on the north and south shores of the St.Lawrence, particularly in the county of Kamouraska, Que.

1925 JULY 26. 9:20-9:45 p.m. (local time) IV.
Aftershock of 1925 FEBRUARY 28. 9:19:20 p.m. (local time) IX. Felt at Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere and Les Eboulements, Que.

1925 JULY 27. 4:00 a.m. (local time) III.
Aftershock of 1925 FEBRUARY 28. 9:19:20 p.m. (local time) IX. Felt locally in the county of Kamouraska. Reported slight. Two tremors noted in Ste-Helene, Que.