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Fig. 3.3: Epicentres <strong>of</strong> earthquakes studied (m N >3.5) in Western Quebec Seismic Zone(WQSZ) <strong>and</strong> Southern Ontario Seismic Zone (SOSZ) for the period 1992-2010. Thelargest studied earthquakes (m N ≥ 5) are labelled with the date when they occurred.The magnitude distribution <strong>of</strong> the events is shown in Figure 3.4. Out <strong>of</strong> 50 eventsin the study area, 4 events had magnitude m N over 5, 15 had magnitude m N between 4-5,<strong>and</strong> 31 events had magnitude m N between 3.5 – 4.0. The largest magnitude for events inthe SOSZ is the m N 5.4 1998 earthquake near Ohio-Pennsylvania border (4.5 M W ,Maceira et al., 2000). The 5.7m N (5.0 M W ) June 23, 2010 Val-des-Bois earthquake was29

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