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I felt the ground shake, it just happened.. I had no idea what was going on. I'm in the Southern Ontario area and I felt it big time. I then googled "Canada Earthquake" about 10 minutes ago and this is what I found- We're also expected to get a big thunderstorm today:
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 in Quebec, 61 kilometres north of Ottawa, according to U.S. Geological Survey, and struck at 1:41 p.m.EDT.
The Ottawa newsroom was evacuated at about 1:43 p.m. The Toronto newsroom also shook.
Environment Minister Jim Prentice was doing an interview with CTV at its Ottawa bureau on the 14th floor of the World Exchange Plaza in downtown Ottawa when the tremour struck.
"I was on the air and suddenly my chair was moving," he said afterwards. "Fortunately I was at the end."
The sidewalks quickly filled with workers who decided to evacuate their buildings. Within minutes of the tremour, cellphone service in Ottawa was down, possibly because callers had overloaded the system, though the exact cause was not known.
Twitter users as far away as Springfield, Mass. and Traverse City, Mich. reported feeling tremors. A Globe reporter in Montreal said that city also shook.
A Toronto Police spokesperson said that there have been no reports of injuries in Toronto.
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How fucked is this? This has never, ever happened before here.. Especially central Canada.. Least to say it scared the fucking shit out of me. My lamp fell over but that's it.
Posted 6/23/2010 2:20:27 PM # -
BTW, someone better put it in the Globe and Mail that the only damages from the earthquake was my fucking lamp.
My fucking lamp.
Fix it, a-holes.
Posted 6/23/2010 2:22:36 PM # -
2012 is so going to happen now.
FA, E, others? Is my fellow Ontarians okay?
Posted 6/23/2010 2:23:43 PM # -
Oh my god if i was in an earthquake i'd be super freaked out. Are you okay?
Posted 6/23/2010 2:35:04 PM # -
Yeah, I'm fine. Glad you're ok too. :) It took me like 5 seconds to realize what was happening.
Posted 6/23/2010 2:37:34 PM # -
Yeah !
im from quebec and i felt it
Posted 6/23/2010 2:37:54 PM # -
I thought it was the wind, honestly.. because we're expected to get a huge thunderstorm at any moment now. But no, it freaked me the hell out. I was sitting down, then my table started moving, I stood up.. then it my lamp fell. Then it ended. It lasted for about 8 seconds, I can't even explain it.
And I also don't want our California-ers coming in and bragging about all the earthquakes they've encountered... This is big shit for us Canadians in Ontario. Especially when it's not supposed to happen here.
Posted 6/23/2010 2:38:23 PM # -
This shit never happens here, so I was like OH GOD. ISN'T IT A LITTLE EARLY FOR 2012?
My first thought was to get my sister (she was at school doing an exam at the time). My mom and I sped over there to pick her up. Everyone was out on the street.
Posted 6/23/2010 2:39:26 PM # -
Yeah I just finished my 3 hour exam at 12:30, so I was at home when I felt it.
Posted 6/23/2010 2:41:59 PM # -
It's funny for me to hear your reactions because I am in Southern California, U.S. and we get earthquakes ALL the time. Glad you guys are ok though.Posted 6/23/2010 2:47:30 PM #
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