Earthquake!

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

So, here in Toronto and area just got hit by an earthquake around 5 minutes ago. Apparently it was felt as far south as Delaware. Anyone else feel it?:smallcool:

[Tirian]

Yeah, I felt it in Rochester. Whatever it is still hasn't shown up on the USGS website. Which seems strange, because based on my ex-California experience it felt kind of 3.0-ish to me and I don't even know where the epicenter was.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Apparently, it was a 5.7 Richter scale earthquake epicentered in Quebec.

[Tirian]

Wow, hope they're all doing okay. That's not insignificant and it felt like it went on for quite a while after the initial jolt too.

[John Campbell]

Felt it here in NW Vermont, though it was mild enough that I wasn't sure until just now if it was actually an earthquake or just heavy machinery somewhere nearby.

[tassaron]

I nearly fell off ladder when I was going to the balcony over the stage. :smalleek:

(Cornwall, ON)

[Leecros]

aww, i didn't feel it :(

i'm not quite as far south as Delaware though...

[Kaiser Omnik]

Yes, I'm about 150 km from the epicenter in Quebec. First earthquake I ever experience in this region. It seemed to last quite long.

[Tirian]

Ah, now it's up. Here (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/) is the US Geological Service place where you can report your location and experience if you felt it.

Yikes, it's the second-most powerful earthquake in the world for the past week, and this is not a seismically active part of the world.

[Telonius]

Nothing here in DC.

[ZombieRockStar]

Hmm...didn't feel anything here in Guelph.


Yikes, it's the second-most powerful earthquake in the world for the past week, and this is not a seismically active part of the world.

Not historically, as far as major quakes go, but the epicenter is on a fault line (the foot of the Laurentian mountains), so little ones do happen occasionally.

[Kobold-Bard]

I didn't feel it here in England, so in my book it's more of a rumble than an earthquake :smallwink:

[Tricksy Hobbits]

I didn't feel it and I'm a half-hour's drive from Toronto. Then half the people I know start messaging me with "did you feel that?!" :smallconfused:

[ZombieRockStar]

I didn't feel it and I'm a half-hour's drive from Toronto. Then half the people I know start messaging me with "did you feel that?!" :smallconfused:

The obvious explanation. (http://xkcd.com/723/) You just haven't felt it yet.

[Tirian]

Not historically, as far as major quakes go, but the epicenter is on a fault line (the foot of the Laurentian mountains), so little ones do happen occasionally.

5.5 is brushing up against the major leagues. It's only the second earthquake in fifteen years that I've felt down here. It's always vaguely troubling, because we've got our share of dormant faults running through major cities and it would be ... unfortunate if any of them ever decided to wake up.

ETA: Apparently now downgraded to 5.0.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Hmm...didn't feel anything here in Guelph.



Not historically, as far as major quakes go, but the epicenter is on a fault line (the foot of the Laurentian mountains), so little ones do happen occasionally.

Wow, ZRS, I haven't seen you around in aaaages. You in Guelph now?

Anyways, my mum is still kinda excited about all this.

[Kiren]

I don't feel it here in New Jersey.

[SensFan]

According to Global:

"There were no early reports of major damage. The epicentre of the quake was 61 kilometres north of Ottawa, though there are reports it was felt as far away as Toronto, Montreal, Boston, Chicago, Syracuse and Cleveland."

http://www.globalnational.com/story.html?id=3191685

[Dr.Epic]

So, here in Toronto and area just got hit by an earthquake around 5 minutes ago. Apparently it was felt as far south as Delaware. Anyone else feel it?:smallcool:

I live in New Jersey and I didn't feel anything at the Quick Stop.

[Temotei]

I wouldn't expect to feel it in Minnesota, and I didn't. :smallamused:

[CoffeeIncluded]

Nothing in New York. Everything okay?

[Altaria87]

I'll confirm what Kobold-Bard said, we haven't felt it here in England, even in the North-West.
Hope you Yanks are alright though...

[Murkus]

Nothing in southern Pennsylvania. Hm. I would of liked to feel/hear something like that.

[Flickerdart]

I was on a bus, and missed it. :(

[Gem Flower]

We felt it up in southern Canadia!:smalltongue:

[Knaight]

We felt it up in southern Canadia!:smalltongue:

If I didn't know better I would question how that even works. Since I do, I'll just question the intelligence of those who came up with that nomenclature.

[Gem Flower]

If I didn't know better I would question how that even works. Since I do, I'll just question the intelligence of those who came up with that nomenclature.

Ouch. My ego. It was intended as a mild form of tautology, or just as something vaguely amusing.:smallfrown:

[Dihan]

I didn't feel it here in England, so in my book it's more of a rumble than an earthquake :smallwink:

Nothing in Wales and we're closer to the US and Canada! :smallwink:

[Tricksy Hobbits]

The obvious explanation. (http://xkcd.com/723/) You just haven't felt it yet.

Actually when people I know first started talking about it, that was one of the first things I thought of, but their houses are only a few kilometres away from mine, so yeah.

Actually I might have missed it because I was just waking up near it and was pretty groggy then.

[Phase]

The Big Apple's unbruised. Must not be a marathon runner quake.

[Zocelot]

I didn't feel a thing or know that there was an earthquake until some people told me later that there had been one.

[Lord Loss]

I was playing COD when the table started shaking, down here in montreal!