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Same thing here, my computer desk started swaying then the windows of my house rattled for a second or two.
I didnt feel shit either. Thats the 2nd time in a few years I didnt feel a Toronto earthquake.
I wonder if being 20 stories up in an office tower plays a factor
I wonder if being 20 stories up in an office tower plays a factor
I felt it! I always miss it when these things happen. That was neat but kind of scary. I was sitting on my couch and and felt the movement. It felt like my dog had just jumped on the couch beside me. Imagine how freaky a more powerful quake would be...
I didn't feel it in Cambridge, but a friend of mine in Hamilton did.
As for a more powerful quake being freaky, no question about it. A few years ago, I was in Costa Rica on vacation, having a nap in the afternoon. Got awoken by a pretty powerful (to me, anyway) quake, the room seemed to go back & forth slowly about 4x, then just stopped. Freaked the shit out of me.
I had just woken up and felt the bed swaying a little. Than after a few seconds it swayed a little more. Very noticeable when it happened.
Down beside the lake in Mississauga ... dishes falling off the shelves, books falling with the book shelves ... I stumbled out to the street with other confused neighbours just in time to witness a gas explosion from a broken gas line shoot into the air as the car under it was propelled onto an adjacent house. The roar of the escaping jet of fire almost covered the screams of people fleeing the rush of water surging from Lake Ontario .... oh the humanity ......
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.... yeah, yeah ...... okay, okay ...... what earthquake ........?
Hmm, I know there is a major fault line in the St. Lawrence Valley, but I suppose this one was crustal rebound.
Was watching TV when it happened. Felt the flooring shift under my feet, felt a slight swaying for several seconds, and the leaves on a plant next to me started swaying gently.
Check out the history of earthquakes in Canada over the last 400 years. If you're earthquake averse, apparently Manitoba is the place to be.
http://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/historic-historique/caneqmap-eng.php
Check out the history of earthquakes in Canada over the last 400 years. If you're earthquake averse, apparently Manitoba is the place to be.
http://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/historic-historique/caneqmap-eng.php
Well Manitoba is also the only province to offer an odour-control tax credit. That must count for something...
