Quake in Ontario?!?

[dewline]

james_nicoll just reported tremors in Kitchener-Waterloo at 1: 45 PM EST. About the same time as I was wrapping up my Ashcan Sampler 2010 page design work here at Patty's in the Market in Ottawa. Felt the tremors here too.

Anyone else?

Comments

Here too (Mississauga)

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, at that very same time I felt a slight tremor here in Mississauga Ontario (Streetsville area.)

More reports

[(Anonymous)]

Just got a text from a friend in Toronto, said they felt it there and had reports from a few other folks in southern ontario.

We had the same tremor in TDOT (nope not the G20 Summit)

[(Anonymous)]

It was fierce.
Doors rattled and the whole floor shook
Creeepy

EARTHQUAKE

[(Anonymous)]

Crossfoxxvn
Penetang was sitting at the computer 1,45 pm felt like about a 3 enough to give the dog a worried look monitor wabled wonder where the epicenter was ?

Epicentre?

[dewline.livejournal.com]

See below for the source.

[savageknight.livejournal.com]

Yup. I was on a conference call with Toronto and we both felt it at the same time.

(me being in Montreal, of course)

http://www.cjob.com/News/Local/Story.aspx?ID=1244753

[liabrown]

Yes, I was kind of scared, actually. It lasted a long time, and I wondered what was going on.

Felt it in Lorraine, Quebec

[(Anonymous)]

We felt it in Lorraine, Quebec, 30 mins. outside of Montreal. Who's laughing now at the scientists who said, "Climate change is coming."

Re: Felt it in Lorraine, Quebec

[duncanmac.livejournal.com]

Ummm, no. Climate has absolutely nothing to do with earthquakes, nor does it cause volcanic eruptions or other manifestations of tectonic trouble.

However, earthquakes and (more particularly) volcanic eruptions *can* and have affected climate. See the Wikipedia article on volcanic winter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_winter) for more.

Climate Derangement vs. Plate Tectonics

[dewline.livejournal.com]

I must agree with Duncan here. This wasn't a climate derangement symptom. Just normal(?) plate friction.

earthquake

[(Anonymous)]

Felt it in Belleville, On. Desk was moving and floor was trembling at 1:42 pm.

[spross.livejournal.com]

Felt it at Tom Brown Arena in Ottawa. Apparently it was a 5.5 magnitude, centered in Val-des-Bois..

[dewline.livejournal.com]

Didn't know you were in town!

[spross.livejournal.com]

I was cleaning the arena when it hit, I felt the floor flex.

[duncanmac.livejournal.com]

CBC.ca has a report about the quake (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/06/23/tor-earthquake.html), which apparently caused windows to shatter at Ottawa City Hall.

[duncanmac.livejournal.com]

And yes, I felt it too. The epicenter is apparently NW of here (beyond Buckingham). As for the magnitude, I have claims of up to 5.7.

[dewline.livejournal.com]

I must check with my councillor!