The year was 1929 and The Dominion of Newfoundland was a country in eastern North America at the time. It is today the modern Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Anyway, in the Atlantic Ocean off the south coast of Newfoundland, along what is termed the “Laurentian Slope Seismic Zone”, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake shook up the island...and exacted a follow up tsunami. The full story starts now on this day in weather history.