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Close to 2pm June 23 we all in the area, experienced a small earthquake. Earthquakes are not very familiar in this part of Canada, unlike other regions, so be sure you`ll get a lot of stories and reactions.
Large scale earthquakes were registered in 1935 and 1973, but smaller earthquakes can occur three or four times a year, even if depending on their magnitude are felt or not.
Earthquakes occur on faults within bedrock, usually miles deep. Such types of small earthquake can be felt 500 km (300 mi) away from the center.
The one from today, Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 01:41:41 PM at epicenter …was a 5.5 in magnitude, with epicenter at 45.866°N, 75.457°W, more exactly 544km from Toronto, near Parc Echo. The earthquake was felt mostly in Ontario and Quebec, but also in USA - Detroit, NY.
If you were in a high building, you felt it stronger. You may have thought it was awful and scary or awesome. From a source I can tell that some of the sky scrapers decided to evacuate the building for a small evaluation. Power outages were reported in several areas in US and Canada. Or, you could have thought as me, on the ground floor, that something strange is going on.
As a joke- 15 minutes after the earthquake, when all the discussions ended and everybody went back to work, one of my colleague, who works way in the back on the same floor as me, comes along and asks me:
“Do you have any idea what those guys are doing upstairs – because my bookstands were shaking?”
I wonder also if those downtown Toronto with the upcoming G20 and G8 didn`t think of some kind of attack. Chill, just a small earthquake.
Source of technical information USGS Large scale earthquakes were registered in 1935 and 1973, but smaller earthquakes can occur three or four times a year, even if depending on their magnitude are felt or not.
Earthquakes occur on faults within bedrock, usually miles deep. Such types of small earthquake can be felt 500 km (300 mi) away from the center.
The one from today, Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 01:41:41 PM at epicenter …was a 5.5 in magnitude, with epicenter at 45.866°N, 75.457°W, more exactly 544km from Toronto, near Parc Echo. The earthquake was felt mostly in Ontario and Quebec, but also in USA - Detroit, NY.
If you were in a high building, you felt it stronger. You may have thought it was awful and scary or awesome. From a source I can tell that some of the sky scrapers decided to evacuate the building for a small evaluation. Power outages were reported in several areas in US and Canada. Or, you could have thought as me, on the ground floor, that something strange is going on.As a joke- 15 minutes after the earthquake, when all the discussions ended and everybody went back to work, one of my colleague, who works way in the back on the same floor as me, comes along and asks me:
“Do you have any idea what those guys are doing upstairs – because my bookstands were shaking?”
I wonder also if those downtown Toronto with the upcoming G20 and G8 didn`t think of some kind of attack. Chill, just a small earthquake.
1 comment:
him: did u feel the earthquake ?
me: yep
me: at the 10 floor .. it was awesome )
him: nice!
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