Earthquake...... (house, live, stores) - Canada - City-Data Forum

ckhthankgod · 06-23-2010, 01:57 PM

Has the earthquake caused any damage in the Ottawa area or in nearby parts of Quebec?

kidyankee764 · 06-23-2010, 02:25 PM

A few buildings as far away as CT were evacuated due to the earthquake. No damage reported down here though.

Tremors felt in Connecticut

meson · 06-23-2010, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

Has the earthquake caused any damage in the Ottawa area or in nearby parts of Quebec?

CTV is reporting that no known injuries but there is some damage. Here is a video
from a guy in Ottawa, pretty scary.

YouTube - 5.5 Earthquake Ottawa Video - June 23 2010

Summerz · 06-23-2010, 02:53 PM

Neat video,

, hope all is well.

meson · 06-23-2010, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Summerz

Neat video,

, hope all is well.

I live some 300 miles west of the epicenter and I felt the tremor for almost 30 seconds.
The epicenter was about 30 miles north of Ottawa, 5.1 magnitude earthquake.

Summerz · 06-23-2010, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by meson

I live some 300 miles west of the epicenter and I felt the tremor for almost 30 seconds.
The epicenter was about 30 miles north of Ottawa, 5.1 magnitude earthquake.

Felt it here in Vermont.
I could almost swear I felt a tremor a couple nights ago, but I guess it was just me?lol

At least it's not just me this time, and I have my 2 Cats as witnesses.

Hubby was on the road driving at the time..the rate he drives he wouldn't know it probably lol.

fourlug · 06-23-2010, 10:47 PM

Pretty intense earthquakes feel like trucks driving by? Intense.

sunshineleith · 06-23-2010, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by fourlug

Pretty intense earthquakes feel like trucks driving by? Intense.

I have felt a few, once it felt like a train rumbling by (except we didn't live anywhere near railroad tracks!

) and another time there was this huge "bang" noise, then rumbling. Pretty freaky!! It's a pretty neat phenomenon (provided it isn't wrecking your house or swallowing you up in a gaping hole!).

Acajack · 06-25-2010, 06:47 AM

There was some damage in Quebec, including the collapse of a highway bridge's approaches, in a range of about 50-75 km north of Ottawa-Gatineau:

Quebec epicentre picks up the pieces (http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Quebec+epicentre+picks+pieces/3193506/story.html - broken link)

I hadn't been in a skyscraper in downtown Ottawa in a while, but happened to be in one for the quake. It shook quite a bit, but no visible damage.

Though my wife was in an older building and it actually shattered some of the windows in the room she was in.

Also many stores in Gatineau reported big messes with lots of bottles knocked off shelves.

kkgg7 · 06-25-2010, 11:23 AM

I was having a meeting when it happened and I felt nothing at all!!