Earthquake?
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Earthquake?
Around 1:45 EST?
We felt it for about 10-15 seconds ... 100km north of Toronto.
reports on Facebook that people in NY city felt it, and up to Montreal at least.
Any news on this yet?
We felt it for about 10-15 seconds ... 100km north of Toronto.
reports on Facebook that people in NY city felt it, and up to Montreal at least.
Any news on this yet?
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what did it feel like!!!??
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I'm in Montreal about a hundred miles away. My wooden floor was bouncing up and down like some 300lb neighbour decided to start the P90X program. So far no obvious damage in the region. Got to love that Canadian Shield, a smallish quake can be felt over 500 miles away.
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5.5 is respectable...
Toronto — Globe and Mail Update Published on Wednesday, Jun. 23, 2010 1:46PM EDT Last updated on Wednesday, Jun. 23, 2010 2:37PM EDT
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit central Canada this afternoon, rattling buildings from Windsor to Montreal and several U.S. states.
The epicentre of the quake was likely in Quebec, north of Ottawa, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and struck at 1:41 p.m.EDT. The area - known as the Charlevoix-Kamouraska zone along the St. Lawrence River - is the most active seismic zone in Eastern Canada, according to a report for the Canadian Geological Survey published earlier this year.
The same report predicted that the odds of a "structurally damaging" quake for Ottawa were about 9 per cent over the next 50 years. For Vancouver, the largest city near Canada's other most active seismic zone, those odds were estimated at 11 per cent.
An earthquake with a magniture of 5.5 is considered to be a moderate one but it can cause major damage to poorly constructed buildings over small regions. At the most, it should cause only slight damage to well-designed buildings.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1614941/
Toronto — Globe and Mail Update Published on Wednesday, Jun. 23, 2010 1:46PM EDT Last updated on Wednesday, Jun. 23, 2010 2:37PM EDT
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit central Canada this afternoon, rattling buildings from Windsor to Montreal and several U.S. states.
The epicentre of the quake was likely in Quebec, north of Ottawa, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and struck at 1:41 p.m.EDT. The area - known as the Charlevoix-Kamouraska zone along the St. Lawrence River - is the most active seismic zone in Eastern Canada, according to a report for the Canadian Geological Survey published earlier this year.
The same report predicted that the odds of a "structurally damaging" quake for Ottawa were about 9 per cent over the next 50 years. For Vancouver, the largest city near Canada's other most active seismic zone, those odds were estimated at 11 per cent.
An earthquake with a magniture of 5.5 is considered to be a moderate one but it can cause major damage to poorly constructed buildings over small regions. At the most, it should cause only slight damage to well-designed buildings.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1614941/
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Experienced earthquake when i was in school. We have a sport meet in our school so students from several school gathered for a sport meet in the playground and we have a opening ceremony. I was on a stage for the announcement suddenly it start shaking then i thought that there is some problem in mike but than my teacher told me that it is a earthquake.
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