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Post by ottawagardener on Jun 23, 2010 13:11:48 GMT -5
A very noticeable earthquake just hit Ottawa at approximately a quarter to two. I have heard reports that people as far away as Buffalo, Windsor and Montreal also felt it. Anyone on here? My youngest is freaked out and my oldest is thrilled.
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Post by Dan on Jun 23, 2010 17:42:19 GMT -5
Supposedly we could feel the tremors in NW Ohio, but I do not recall feeling anything around that time.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Jun 23, 2010 18:28:47 GMT -5
Paintman was watching tV and said he felt it, but I was upstairs painting windowtrim and I never noticed anything?? Concentrating too hard on my task I suppose?
It was all the buzz in the grocery store here in the village this afternoon. Meanwhile, I heard from friends and family in Carleton Place & Ottawa and it sounds like it was a little more damaging at your end than here on Lake Erie.
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Post by ottawagardener on Jun 23, 2010 20:52:31 GMT -5
Looks like we got several cracks in one of the supporting walls of our house. Not serious but at the same time a bit disconcerting.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Jun 23, 2010 21:18:46 GMT -5
the joys of living on a fault line.
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Post by stratcat on Jun 24, 2010 10:38:10 GMT -5
The earthquake was felt in Michigan. Unfortunately, I was in the car on a road trip and missed it.
Glad everyone's OK.
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Post by robertb on Jun 24, 2010 11:58:27 GMT -5
Some years ago we were in bed when the room suddenly started jumping up and down. It was uncomfortable but no more than that. The wife asked me in a very scared tone, 'Robert, what was that?'. Having been in minor quakes before, I said 'It was just a small earthquake' and went back to sleep. She was so scared she got no sleep all night.
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Post by ottawagardener on Jun 24, 2010 13:01:08 GMT -5
This is my 5th minor earthquake (Thankfully no major ones). The most exciting of which was when I lived on the west coast of Canada. I was four and all of a sudden my toys started jumping up and down on their own and some decorations fell off the walls. If memory serves me, this was the loudest and longest I've experiened though I don't think the highest Richter.
Telsing
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Jun 24, 2010 17:14:36 GMT -5
Toys jumping around? That would be really cool!!
You're fortunate that SS Island didn't just break up and disappear into the Pacific or break free and end up in Whitehorse, lol
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Post by remy on Jun 24, 2010 21:26:55 GMT -5
I felt it here in Tonawanda(along the Niagara River)! I was sitting at the dining room table alone at home. It lasted a few seconds and was just enough of a sensation to confuse me. I though this is either an earthquake, or I'm having some kind of medical problem, or I'm going crazy, lol.
One time there was an earthquake here and the epicenter was walking distance from my home. There was an audible boom and everything shook back and forth. That was scary.
Remy
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Post by michaeljohnson on Jun 25, 2010 0:38:05 GMT -5
I never new that they had earthquakes in Canada before, this is the very first time I have ever heard of one being mentioned. Over here in the UK we average around 39 per year, all mostly little mini ones , but there have been two slightly bigger at around five on the scale. both of which I experienced- I was in bed at the time one evening and all of a sudden the ground and the bed started shaking it lasted for only about thirty seconds- the wife woke up with a rush and said what the hell was that- I said dryly that's what it takes to make the earth move for you ;D - there was a sort of sarcastic snort and she said is that so  and went back to sleep again  |
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Post by Penny on Jun 25, 2010 5:37:47 GMT -5
Felt it over here in Collingwood, and the tornado that touched down in Midland is 45 minutes away from me!
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Post by flowerpower on Jun 25, 2010 6:14:18 GMT -5
Since the quake was felt all the way down to NYC, I guess the ground here was shaking. I have no idea. It was 85 and humid. I was taking a nap. I probably would have thought it was some logging trucks going by anyway. That's what I thought the last time we had an earthquake. We are over 50 mi from the big fault line which basically runs parallel to the Hudson River.
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Post by ottawagardener on Jun 25, 2010 7:34:54 GMT -5
It was a 5 on the Richter scale and the epicentre was just north of us in Quebec. I guess the cause is isostatic rebound (though we have an old fault line running nearby) from the land rebounding after the last ice age.
The west coast has several active faults being on the Ring of Fire's subduction zone etc...
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Post by robertb on Jun 25, 2010 9:45:50 GMT -5
Felt it over here in Collingwood, and the tornado that touched down in Midland is 45 minutes away from me! It was two miles from me, if you mean the category 3 one that hit Ladypool Road. We actually get a lot of tornadoes in the UK, but the overwhelming majority are very small ones which go unnoticed unless they hit buildings. This one caused serious damage. |
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and went back to sleep again 
