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b'Epidsode 232: The strongest earthquake ever recorded in eastern Canada, measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale, occurred at 5:02pm Newfoundland time on the 18 of November in 1929. It was felt as far west as Ottawa and as far south as New York City. The quake, centred around 250 km south of Newfoundland along the southern edge of the Grand Banks caused a massive sub-ocean landslide. Two and a half hours after the quake a series of tsunami waves smashed into\\xa0Newfoundland\\u2019s isolated Burin Peninsula devastating property, upending the fishery and causing 28 deaths.\\nSources:\\nThe Tsunami of 1929\\nThe 1929 Magnitude 7.2 \\u201cGrand Banks\\u201d earthquake and tsunami\\n1883 Rossi-Forel Scale of Earthquake Intensity\\nReport a felt earthquake\\nView of The Newfoundland Tsunami of November 18, 1929: An Examination of the Twenty-eight Deaths of the \\u201cSouth Coast Disaster\\u201d | Newfoundland & Labrador Studies\\n90 years later, a tsunami in southern Newfoundland still brings vivid memories | CBC News\\nA disastrous tsunami\\u2019s lethal legacy in Newfoundland - Macleans.ca\\n1929 Grand Banks earthquake - Wikipedia\\nThe Wake by Linden MacIntyre - Ebook | Scribd\\nNewfoundland Tsunami - Water - SOS! Canadian Disasters - Library and Archives Canada\\nCBC News Indepth: The South Shore disaster: Newfoundland\\u2019s Tsunami\\nGEOSCAN Search Results: Fastlink\\nGet prepared for an earthquake - Province of British Columbia\\nTHE ASSESSMENT OF GEOLOGICAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS IN NEWFOUNDLAND: AN UPDATE\\nDominion of Newfoundland - Wikipedia\\nNewfoundland and Labrador - Wikipedia\\nWelcome to Newfoundland and Labrador - Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada\\nHistory of Nova Scotia, Jan 1920 - Dec 1939\\nGet prepared for an earthquake - Province of British Columbia\\nSurviving A Tsunami\\u2014Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'