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23rd Jun 2010, 11:28 AM

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2010

Canada experienced it's first earthquake in 300 years at a magnitude of 5.5 which is notable. It was felt in Ontario, mainly in Toronto, but Mississauga and Ottawa felt it as well as did Montreal and parts of Western New York.

What did you think when you felt it?

theJosephDean · 23rd Jun 2010, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by RAJ Aladdin

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2010

*looks at calendar* Um...

Only teasing of course ^_^

Obviously nowhere near Canada, but I heard about it =/ I've only experienced a minor earthquake before (I was sleeping and was only awake for a few seconds of it, of course xD). But I feel bad for anyone who might have had some horrid experiences with this one =(

Daniel · 23rd Jun 2010, 11:50 AM

It passed through where I live. It was a 5.5 magnitude apparently.

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/...3A33PM%5D.html

And 23rd, not 22nd.

Steve712 · 23rd Jun 2010, 12:02 PM

I've heard people (on other forums) from Ohio, Michigan and Quebec as well as Ontario report that they've felt it.

23rd Jun 2010, 12:10 PM

Whoops! I mean 23rd!!!! LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Austin · 23rd Jun 2010, 12:19 PM

Well I am not in Canada but we had a 5ish earthquake here a week or so ago.

23rd Jun 2010, 12:20 PM

I live about 30 miles south of Lake Erie, and I felt it, obviously not the quake in it's entirety but it was enough to shake the lights, plates/cups/etc, and my desk so I was very confused.

I have a friend that lives in New Philadelphia Ohio who felt it, that's farther south. :P

ANightDude · 23rd Jun 2010, 12:27 PM

First in 300 years? On CNN they said that area is common with earthquakes and it was even right where they predicted it would be, if one happened. :/

Steve712 · 23rd Jun 2010, 12:29 PM

They have earthquakes every year, but they are hardly ever noticeable to anyone but researchers with equipment to measure them.

jazzrawr · 23rd Jun 2010, 12:31 PM

I felt it, MY SCHOOL SHOOK. It was kind of awesome.
Yeah, we have earthquakes every time we get a really hot summer, but they're never big enough to actually feel. This one SHOOK MY SCHOOL.

23rd Jun 2010, 12:33 PM

Yeah, there is a small fault line going through Lake Erie and a few other smaller ones up in Ontario and Quebec, but they never produce strong earthquakes. The strongest one in recent years besides this one was one in Lake Erie near the coast of Ohio and that was a few years ago, and it barely moved anything. The worst damage would probably be a glass already about to fall over falling over and chipping.

Zumbro · 23rd Jun 2010, 12:39 PM

Apparently the building I work in is built like a tank. Vermont/NY border, and not even a tremble. We all kinda sat there wondering if the news was a joke.

xequar · 23rd Jun 2010, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve712

I've heard people (on other forums) from Ohio, Michigan and Quebec as well as Ontario report that they've felt it.

Yep, several of my colleagues here in Metro Detroit felt it. I was on my feet walking, so I didn't notice it.

Revan · 23rd Jun 2010, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ANightDude

First in 300 years? On CNN they said that area is common with earthquakes and it was even right where they predicted it would be, if one happened. :/

Umm yeah RAJ, Ottawa gets like earthquakes all the time....

As for the earthquake, I felt my bed shake a little and was just like "huh?"

ANightDude · 23rd Jun 2010, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Revan

Quote:

Originally Posted by ANightDude

First in 300 years? On CNN they said that area is common with earthquakes and it was even right where they predicted it would be, if one happened. :/

Umm yeah RAJ, Ottawa gets like earthquakes all the time....

As for the earthquake, I felt my bed shake a little and was just like "huh?"

I can just imagine that.

MusicIsLife · 23rd Jun 2010, 10:26 PM

I felt it

it was my first one in like 9 years that I felt. I was at my desk watching something on my laptop when the floor started to shake and my screen was vibrating, and the windows were rattling. I jumped up just as it stopped.

23rd Jun 2010, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Revan

Quote:

Originally Posted by ANightDude

First in 300 years? On CNN they said that area is common with earthquakes and it was even right where they predicted it would be, if one happened. :/

Umm yeah RAJ, Ottawa gets like earthquakes all the time....

As for the earthquake, I felt my bed shake a little and was just like "huh?"

*decent sized* earthquakes.

Decent size would be around 4.5+

Totoro · 23rd Jun 2010, 10:37 PM

We were writing our exams- wondering why someone was shaking their foot so strongly... until we finally realized what it was.

Revan · 24th Jun 2010, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by ANightDude

Quote:

Originally Posted by Revan

Quote:

Originally Posted by ANightDude

First in 300 years? On CNN they said that area is common with earthquakes and it was even right where they predicted it would be, if one happened. :/

Umm yeah RAJ, Ottawa gets like earthquakes all the time....

As for the earthquake, I felt my bed shake a little and was just like "huh?"

I can just imagine that.

Shhhhh

24th Jun 2010, 12:24 AM

1) "first in 300 years" It's what I heard on the radio so don't shoot the messenger and obviously I mean, as Lady Gaga put it, DECENT sized earthquakes....if anything it's the first level 5 earthquake in 300 years because everywhere in the world can get earthquakes but I'm talking 'bout the ones we feel!

It was so trippy- Ontario is not earthquake country!!!

23rd Jun 2010, 11:28 AM	#1
RAJ Aladdin Guest Posts: n/a	2010 Canadian Earthquake Wednesday, June 22nd, 2010 Canada experienced it's first earthquake in 300 years at a magnitude of 5.5 which is notable. It was felt in Ontario, mainly in Toronto, but Mississauga and Ottawa felt it as well as did Montreal and parts of Western New York. What did you think when you felt it?

23rd Jun 2010, 11:50 AM	#3
Daniel the great cheese danish Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Buffalo, NY Age: 21 Posts: 2,874 Join Date: Jun 2008	Re: 2010 Canadian Earthquake It passed through where I live. It was a 5.5 magnitude apparently. http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/...3A33PM%5D.html And 23rd, not 22nd. __________________ "Nobody can teach me who I am, who can describe parts of me, but who I am and what I need, these are things I have to find out myself." - Chunua Achebe

23rd Jun 2010, 12:02 PM	#4
Steve712 EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Mostly out. Location: New Brunswick, Canada Age: 17 Posts: 1,292 Join Date: Feb 2010	Re: 2010 Canadian Earthquake I've heard people (on other forums) from Ohio, Michigan and Quebec as well as Ontario report that they've felt it. __________________ "Yet if hope has flown away / In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or in none, / Is it therefore the less gone?" - Poe

23rd Jun 2010, 12:10 PM	#5
RAJ Aladdin Guest Posts: n/a	Re: 2010 Canadian Earthquake Whoops! I mean 23rd!!!! LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

23rd Jun 2010, 12:19 PM	#6
Austin Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Most people in my life. Location: Orange County, California, USA Age: 19 Posts: 1,790 Join Date: Apr 2008	Re: 2010 Canadian Earthquake Well I am not in Canada but we had a 5ish earthquake here a week or so ago. __________________ Can I sail through the changing ocean tides, can I handle the seasons of my life?

23rd Jun 2010, 12:20 PM	#7
Lady Gaga Guest Posts: n/a	Re: 2010 Canadian Earthquake I live about 30 miles south of Lake Erie, and I felt it, obviously not the quake in it's entirety but it was enough to shake the lights, plates/cups/etc, and my desk so I was very confused. I have a friend that lives in New Philadelphia Ohio who felt it, that's farther south. :P

23rd Jun 2010, 12:27 PM	#8
ANightDude EC's Film Moron Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: San Antonio, Texas Age: 17 Posts: 1,848 Join Date: May 2008	Re: 2010 Canadian Earthquake First in 300 years? On CNN they said that area is common with earthquakes and it was even right where they predicted it would be, if one happened. :/ __________________ "Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves." -- Abraham Lincoln

23rd Jun 2010, 12:29 PM	#9
Steve712 EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Mostly out. Location: New Brunswick, Canada Age: 17 Posts: 1,292 Join Date: Feb 2010	Re: 2010 Canadian Earthquake They have earthquakes every year, but they are hardly ever noticeable to anyone but researchers with equipment to measure them. __________________ "Yet if hope has flown away / In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or in none, / Is it therefore the less gone?" - Poe

23rd Jun 2010, 12:31 PM	#10
jazzrawr Lover of Loony Lovegood Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Lesimbean Out Status: I scream it from rooftops Location: Ontario, Canada. Age: 19 Posts: 3,391 Join Date: Feb 2008	Re: 2010 Canadian Earthquake I felt it, MY SCHOOL SHOOK. It was kind of awesome. Yeah, we have earthquakes every time we get a really hot summer, but they're never big enough to actually feel. This one SHOOK MY SCHOOL. __________________ <3 You can love people so much... But you can never love someone as much as you can miss them. (...and the lesbians.)

23rd Jun 2010, 12:33 PM	#11
Lady Gaga Guest Posts: n/a	Re: 2010 Canadian Earthquake Yeah, there is a small fault line going through Lake Erie and a few other smaller ones up in Ontario and Quebec, but they never produce strong earthquakes. The strongest one in recent years besides this one was one in Lake Erie near the coast of Ohio and that was a few years ago, and it barely moved anything. The worst damage would probably be a glass already about to fall over falling over and chipping.

23rd Jun 2010, 12:39 PM	#12
Zumbro EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: 5/6 on the Kinsey scale. Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Troy, NY Age: 22 Posts: 434 Join Date: Jan 2010	Re: 2010 Canadian Earthquake Apparently the building I work in is built like a tank. Vermont/NY border, and not even a tremble. We all kinda sat there wondering if the news was a joke. __________________ If you want to love the world again, you can't just sit back and wait for it. You have to go chase it, and it will be entirely worth it when you catch up.

23rd Jun 2010, 10:26 PM	#16
MusicIsLife EC Addict Full Member Gender: Not even sure anymore. Something in between. Orientation: I like girls :) Out Status: Everyone on orientation 7 people on trans issue. Location: Montréal, QC Age: 23 Posts: 1,595 Join Date: Dec 2007	Re: 2010 Canadian Earthquake I felt it it was my first one in like 9 years that I felt. I was at my desk watching something on my laptop when the floor started to shake and my screen was vibrating, and the windows were rattling. I jumped up just as it stopped.

23rd Jun 2010, 10:37 PM	#18
Totoro EC's Lurker Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay. Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Canada - Ontario Age: 19 Posts: 487 Join Date: Apr 2009	Re: 2010 Canadian Earthquake We were writing our exams- wondering why someone was shaking their foot so strongly... until we finally realized what it was. __________________

24th Jun 2010, 12:24 AM	#20
RAJ Aladdin Guest Posts: n/a	Re: 2010 Canadian Earthquake 1) "first in 300 years" It's what I heard on the radio so don't shoot the messenger and obviously I mean, as Lady Gaga put it, DECENT sized earthquakes....if anything it's the first level 5 earthquake in 300 years because everywhere in the world can get earthquakes but I'm talking 'bout the ones we feel! It was so trippy- Ontario is not earthquake country!!!

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