Earthquake!! Did you feel it?

[Dick Buttkiss]

Felt it for 20+ seconds here in Ottawa, enough to shake the whole house and things inside. Nothing fell down thou.

Did you feel it - and where?

Reports have come in that people from Toronto, to Ottawa to Montreal and through Vermont have felt it.

 

[man of steel]

I felt it. Everything in my office was trembling, including the ceiling tiles. We heard the structure creaking.

I think it was only 7 or 8 seconds for me.

Excitement in an otherwise dull day.

 

[kiwikid]

Reports are it was a 5.5 earthquake. ~ 1:41 pm EST Speculation is the epicentre was 53 km North East from Ottawa.

Office towers all evacuated here in the National Capital; alarms going off everywhere.

Side note: Ribfest continues on Sparks St. mmm, Ribs! arty:

 

[Rush is Right]

That was amazing! I had no idea if it was just my building shaking because of construction or something... apparently it was 5.7 on the Richter Scale, epicentre near Buckingham, QC.

That was so cool!

 

[x_babygurl_x]

Didn't feel a thing... Cambridge must be immune! (One of the wives of one of the guys here called in and said it was apparently felt as far away as Windsor...

)

I'll bet it had something to do with the G20!

I did "experience" one about 12-13 years ago in London, Ontario though... and you're right, the small ones actually feel kinda neat. (I don't want to experience any of the bigger ones... EVER!) :shock:

 

[Logi]

Just got back from a lunchtime meeting and was in my car so didn't feel a thing. Years ago, a similar quake was felt around the GTA and I lived in Rosedale at the time, right behind Mt Pleasant cemetary, thought it was one of the backhoes that was shaking the ground, then thought it was the boiler going to explode, then I felt the entire house shake...bolted for cover, then I heard it was an earthquake. Really odd feeling, kind of like losing your equalibrium.

 

[Tab]

Thankfully, 680 News says there are no reports of injuries.

 

[Bubbles DeVere]

I recall a recent article and news item about some Iranian cleric saying it was women who dressed provocatively whom caused earthquakes, as they expose their modesty to us weak men. :tongue:

Suffice it to say, more than likely it was some 'guy tectonic' plate was just trying to grind-up against some 'girl tectonic' plate.

Leads me to think how fun it would have been to be 'rocking the casbah' during the quake.

Instead, I'll now go back to making 'I Survived the Canadian Quake of 2010' T-Shirts for Canada Day! arty:

 

[Judy.May.]

Felt it here! Fun times had all around at the day job, hoo boy. We're still calming the residents down.

 

[Pompal 09.]

I felt it up here in Muskoka and just thought it was the M1A1 abrams tank rolling through town.....either that or Randygirl was having a hot time up in Sudbury!!!

I mean, I've had orgasms before where I felt the earth move........

More scientifically though, I thought we weren't supposed to get them up here due to the Canadian Shield??? Maybe we've drilled through it so many times it's starting to break up.....(kind of like brad and jen)

 

[mahleezah]

thought it was the fat chick next door dancing.

 

[Brittney]

Shook the hell out of the house, and scared the dog. I could think of a better time for it to hit. hehe

 

[smifty]

Thats why I thought it was the fat chick next door.

 

[GSD & Mastiff Owner]

Reports are coming in now that there is some property damage to homes and buildings around the National Capital, but no injuries. Some people are trapped in elevators.

Questions are being asked if it caused a Tsunami at the 'fake lake'?

 

[kiwee@y7mail.com]

no pipes bursting or injuries is pretty good ,

fires also usually follow earthquakes due to gas lines breaking , so far we had a successful earthquake as cp24 hasnt reported anything of the sort yet.

 

[LaLa]

I felt it, my bed was shaking, but we were done having fun. Didn't realize that it was an earthquake till I saw it on the news. My friends in London area felt it as well. Thankfully no one was hurt.

 

[erfan a]

if it did, they'd have to call it a pseudo-tsunami hehehehe

 

[Fins+Wings{8 - 88}]

The rumbling sound heard during the earthquake was Not due to the actually earthquake, rather...

It was the sound of the Leafs imploding again this year! hehe

Wokka wokka wokka!! :666:

 

[Lua]

wokka wokka wokka?

you running around naked again? lol.....

 

[de_anonymous92]

This is embarrassing, but I was sitting on the throne. I was pondering work related issues when all of a sudden the toilet started shaking. I thought I was about to pass out or something, but then everything went calm. Once out everyone was in the corridors discussing the earthquake. What an odd feeling that was.