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QC - Mtl Earthquake

Well that was pretty wild, at around 12:25am *boom* *rattle*, earthquake!
Very minor, I thought there was a train in my house, but it passed very quickly. It's pretty neat how you can hear them coming, and passing.
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I was driving back from a movie and didn't notice it at all. Was surprised when I read about it today

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So you felt the earth move, it was good for you?

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was there really an hearth quake or is this a joke

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Most action I've seen in a while!
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said by Pauly:

was there really an hearth quake or is this a joke

No, the fireplace is static.

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I heard the rattling but didn't really feel anything.

Didn't even realize it was an earthquake till someone mentioned it this morning.

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Heh, I jumped out of bed thinking someone was breaking something outside, and at the same time thinking a train was coming through the house, (nothing makes sense when I'm half asleep).

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everyone was sayign on face book something about people from quebec jumping up and down wanting to seperate, i thought it was a joke
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BELL farted?

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said by EUS:

Well that was pretty wild, at around 12:25am *boom* *rattle*, earthquake!
Very minor, I thought there was a train in my house, but it passed very quickly. It's pretty neat how you can hear them coming, and passing.

screw you guys, enough with the making fun of my weight.
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I thought I felt something around then in Ottawa... Only felt like a bus going by, but lasted a little too long to be that (and I didn't hear a bus).

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I was in the metro at the time. Missed it completely.
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The sound started slowly to a big noise in a matter of seconds and then the power went out for a few minutes so it was enough to leave you stunned for a while. Then at 6 am the power went out again for 5 mins so it was enough so then make you go .

Nothing didn't move has it was so brief.

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CBC has a story about it:
»www.cbc.ca/news/canada/m ··· ake.html

It was just North of those odd little round hills which are SE of the city. The whole region is very active, though its dullsville compared to the most globally active regions in the world.

USGS gives it a 3.9 »earthquake.usgs.gov/eart ··· d3l5.php
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Earthquake Canada gives a 4.5 so who is right ?

»www.earthquakescanada.nr ··· -eng.php

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said by EUS:

Very minor, I thought there was a train in my house, but it passed very quickly.

If a train passed through my house I would personally consider that to be a fairly major event, but that's just me. I'm very sensitive that way!

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You're right, but I meant minor in that it was super quick, there was no damage, nobody hurt, and no aftershocks.
The kids didn't even wake up!

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It was felt by some in Ottawa but I slept through it.

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Both are correct.
Neither group is using the same scale.
The CGS will use either the Richter magnitude (ML) or the magnitude Nuttli (MN) depending on the geologic region of the event. The USGS uses the moment magnitude scale (M) in their reports.

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It shook us quite a bit over here. A true WTF moment,

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Yeah, strongest earthquake I'd ever felt, so I was starting to get pretty concerned when the building (20 story concrete apartment building) started creaking. Enough to make my stuff rattle and at the sharp peak we were moving a fair bit, and there was a loud rumbling.

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said by Guspaz:

Yeah, strongest earthquake I'd ever felt, so I was starting to get pretty concerned when the building (20 story concrete apartment building) started creaking. Enough to make my stuff rattle and at the sharp peak we were moving a fair bit, and there was a loud rumbling.

I'm also in a 20 story concrete apartment building (it'd be funny if it's the same one) and certainly felt it. Heard a sudden loud boom, and enough noise that I thought a bookshelf or something fell over in the other room. Then I felt my office chair bouncing quite noticeable, and suspected an earthquake. Thing is, it felt much stronger than any I've ever experienced before in Montreal (like say, the one I felt in '88).

My next door neighbor was concerned the building might actually collapse, and asked if we needed to evacuate.

No damage. Ironically though, later that morning Bell Canada decided to "accidentally" disconnect my Internet and telephone for the 5th time (so my phone line can survive an earthquake, but not Bell's stupidity).