Posted on 06/23/2010 11:09:37 AM PDT by Dan Nunn
There are reports of unusual ground shaking in various parts of Ontario and Quebec, including Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal. The Toronto newsroom of The Globe and Mail shook just before 1:45 p.m. EDT. The Ottawa newsroom was evacuated at about 1:43 p.m. Various reports on Twitter suggest the earthquake was felt as far away as Ohio, New York and Michigan. A Globe reporter in Montreal said that city also shook. The earthquake shook buildings in Ottawa, where the streets are crowded with office workers who evacuated their workplaces. “We felt the building shake. It was actually it was pretty serious. It was definitely the strongest quake that I ever felt,” said Dennis Choquette, a Globe and Mail online editor based in Ottawa. The shaking lasted about 15 seconds, Mr. Choquette said. The severity of the earthquake is not yet known. It is not yet known whether there have been any reports of injuries.
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I just put new madrid ottowa (or however it’s spelled) into Google Images and that popped out.
I can’t vouch for its accuracy. It’s likely as accurate as anything else found on the web.
For sure...not as bad as the past three days or so, but still pretty dreadful.
Sounds more like you lived not too far from a rail line.....that symptom isn't seismic.
Felt it all over here in Cleveland, Ohio and suburban areas. Another Freeper posted it and people were writing in from Akron, Ohio (35 mi. south of Cleveland) New York, Michigan, Maryland, and New Jersey... and Canada. That had to be pretty significant.
Where are you? I was in North Royalton, Ohio and felt it very significantly. Have heard reports coming in from friends all over - Akron, Independence, Twinsburg, Ohio City, etc. that have felt it also.
That’s what I was thinking, exactly.
That is the New Madrid Fault?
Whew.
Where did you find that info?
Here’s link to Wikipedia article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Seismic_Zone
Earthquakes that occur there potentially threaten parts of seven U.S. states: Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi.
Blame Canada, it’s one of their faults!
Sagamore Hills. Maybe I’m getting numb in my dotage! But the cats were both sleeping right close by, and they didn’t budge.
Here:
http://newine.wordpress.com/2010/03/21/new-madrid-far-and-wide/
Referencing:
http://www.aapg.org/explorer/2002/11nov/rift_zone.cfm
I guess I should have looked harder - it appears the map references a theory and not consensus. I just did a google image search and found the first map that included the U.S. and Canada.
Interesting, though, that it occured so soon after the uncontrolled oil seapage in the gulf. Of course, correlation doesn’t imply causality.
If we go another 60 days and have another quake along the line, it might add credence to the theory.
from the same article,
... New Madrid, trees were knocked down and riverbanks collapsed. This event shook windows and furniture in Washington, D.C., rang bells in Richmond, Virginia, sloshed well water and shook houses in Charleston, South Carolina, and knocked plaster off of houses in Columbia, South Carolina. In Jefferson, Indiana, furniture moved and in Lebanon, Ohio, residents fled their homes. Observers in Herculaneum, Missouri, called it “severe” and claimed it had a duration of 10–12 minutes.
Aftershocks were felt every six to ten minutes, a total of 27, in New Madrid until what was called the Daylight Shock, which was of the same intensity as the first. Many of these were also felt throughout the eastern US, though with less intensity than the initial earthquake.
Thanks much for that clarification.
To a So Cal native..yea... but to some newbee in Toronto Canada?...they were crapping bricks
I was listening to sports radio at about 2:30PM and a guy said he was in a meeting in Marlton NJ and they felt a shaking. Didn’t notice anything in Philly.
LOL. Maybe they only wake for the 7.0 and up.
I heard a few people from NJ say they felt it. Judging by the epicenter, now I see why.
;o
I'm so glad I live in California!
Lets hope the mammoth New Madrid fault never lets go!
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