Tremors felt in Montreal, Toronto
At 1:41 p.m. today tremors were felt in Montreal. 3 minutes later they were detected in Toronto.
The cause of the tremors remains unknown, however people working in downtown Toronto, at 207 Queen’s Quay West in the Harbourfront district felt their desks gently shaking.
The tremors lasted for less than approximately 1 minute.
Reports are calling the tremors a quake, possibly in the mid-4′s around 5.5 on the Richter scale.
The tremors will felt in large area including Barrie, Ottawa, Buffalo, Glenn Falls, Philadelphia, New York, Ohio and parts of Quebec.
The USGS is reporting that the epicentre is 50 km north-northeast of Ottawa.
For more on this story:
United States Geological Survey Latest Earthquakes
Full Report on the quake from the USGS
I felt it. Of 3 earthquakes I’ve lived through in Ottawa this was the strongest that I remember. People on the street afterwards were a bit freaked out.
I’m curious what magnitude this one was.
I heard over radio that it was a 5.5 on the r. scale in Ottawa. Hope this helps.
just to let you know we felt it here in Peterborough Ontario as well
wow – felt it out here in Brockville area – house shook – desk contents rattled.
We felt it in Iroquois falls.
The ‘quake was present in Hamilton, too!
Actually Toronto radio stations report it was a 5.5 on the richter scale.
Where was the center of it?
wow, holy conflicting data batman!!! I also read that it was a 15 second tremor and that it was 5.7 on the scale. Vastly different from this article…
We felt the quake in Pembroke ON and it was quite a shake so much so that it sent most of my neighbors onto the street. Pembroke is about 80km west of Ottawa.
was also felt in Oshawa for about 4 – 7 sec.
I was sitting in my recliner in the basement on my computer and the chair started swaying back and forth. I thought the dog was scratching himself while he was leaning against my chair but when I looked he was just sitting staring at me. My mug on my desk started shaking and my chair started swaying stronger and thats when I yelled to the wife that we were having an earthquake and she yelled back that the dishes in the kitchen were moving around and everything was shaking upstairs. It lasted about 30 seconds and I started to get light headed and dizzy at around the 25 second mark. I’m glad I was sitting down.
Where do you live Steve? Sounds worse than other areas. I live outside Montreal and it shook for about 15-20 seconds I’d say. It felt like a train going overhead. My computer screen started shaking. I phoned home and they felt it here too, the house was creaking and moving. Well it brings us all together anyway!
Where do you live Steve. I’d like to know where all of this shaking took place. I didn’t feel a thing here but some nearby did, but very minor compared to where you live. All I heard was a thunder type sound but now I realize that this sound was in actuality different than normal thunder. Must have been scary for you indeed Steve.
you obviously have a really boring life
Yeah, we felt it out in Roseneath…its outside Cobourg
We felt it here in Sudbury.
Yes, we felt it in St.Catharines, Ontario too. The walls and even the floor moved quite a bit. It was really a weird feeling,.
I was on the phone with Montreal when it hit Ottawa. We got it first, then about a minute later it hit Montreal.
Felt it in Simcoe as well.
I felt this in middle of Toronto. It looked like I had a massage chair for 20 to 30 seconds! The radio announced that the American geologic agency measured a 5.0 magnitude!
Linx
It was felt in Huntsville too.
We felt it in downtown London as well.
Felt it in Georgetown Ontario.My whole wall unit was shaking.
Here in Brantford,On,my chair was sliding it felt like someone was pushing me,just like a few years back same thing