Canada's National Earthquake Scenario Catalogue - Burlington Toronto Structural Zone - Magnitude 5.0

The dataset, titled "Canada's National Earthquake Scenario Catalogue - Burlington Toronto Structural Zone - Magnitude 5.0," falls under the domain of Geoscientific Information. It was published on December 5, 2022, by Natural Resources Canada. The dataset is tagged with keywords such as Earth sciences, Earthquakes, Emergency preparedness, Form Descriptors, Geological maps, Housing Potential, Nature and Environment, Science and Technology. The dataset provides a magnitude 5.0 earthquake scenario along the Burlington Toronto Structural Zone, a fault near Toronto and its surrounding region. Although this fault is not known to be active, it demonstrates a plausible earthquake scenario for the Toronto region.

The dataset is owned by Natural Resources Canada, and the contact point for access is the Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Lands and Minerals Sector, Geological Survey of Canada, with the contact email being tiegan.hobbs@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca. The publisher's email is nicky.hastings@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca. The dataset is licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. The resources available in the dataset include a GitHub Repository, Geological Survey of Canada Open File, Data Dictionary, and various maps and data related to the Burlington Toronto Structural Zone - Magnitude 5.0. The metadata for this dataset was created on October 1, 2024, and last modified on April 7, 2025.

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Last Updated April 10, 2025, 13:36 (UTC)
Created October 1, 2024, 07:39 (UTC)
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Geoscientific Information
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This is a magnitude 5.0 earthquake scenario along the Burlington Toronto Structural Zone — a fault near Toronto and its surrounding region. This fault is not known to be active but demonstrates a plausible earthquake scenario for the Toronto region.
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2022-12-05
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Open Government Licence - Canada
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Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
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Government of Canada;Natural Resources Canada;Lands and Minerals Sector, Geological Survey of Canada, tiegan.hobbs@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
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nicky.hastings@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
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https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/27573292-7653-43d9-8841-947b97e1072f
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