3.8 Earthquake in Ottawa, Ontario area today.

Good evening,

I haven't really seen any threads about this, and since a few people I know and since this came out, I figured it was worthy of mention.

Nothing really special, but I was still surprised that so many people felt it.

reply to post by spaceshrimp


Do you have a link so we
can see the depth, etc.?

Did you feel it?

I didn't feel a thing and just found out about it about an hour ago.

reply to post by crazydaisy


According to USGS it was a 4.0

I didn't feel it either.

Heres the updated info

earthquake.usgs.gov...

Magnitude 4.0
Date-Time

Sunday, September 18, 2011 at 19:19:14 UTC
Sunday, September 18, 2011 at 03:19:14 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 45.601°N, 75.234°W
Depth 5 km (3.1 miles) (poorly constrained)
Region ONTARIO-QUEBEC BORDER REGION, CANADA
Distances

17 km (11 miles) ENE (58°) from Cumberland, Ontario, Canada
35 km (22 miles) ENE (69°) from Gatineau, Québec, Canada
40 km (25 miles) NE (54°) from Gloucester, Ontario, Canada
41 km (26 miles) ENE (61°) from OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.6 km (0.4 miles); depth +/- 31.6 km (19.6 miles)
Parameters Nph= 32, Dmin=102 km, Rmss=0.22 sec, Gp=223°,
M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=2
Source

Lamont-Doherty Cooperative Seismographic Network (LCSN)

Event ID ld60026001

First was

Type: Earthquake
4 hours ago
Magnitude: 3.8
DateTime: Sunday September 18 2011, 19:19:12 UTC
Region: Ontario-Quebec border region, Canada
Depth: 5 km

Then up to

Type: Earthquake
4 hours ago
Magnitude: 4
DateTime: Sunday September 18 2011, 19:19:14 UTC
Region: Ontario-Quebec border region, Canada
Depth: 5 km

reply to post by spaceshrimp


I heard it coming. I'm not that far from Ottawa. It wasn't that strong were I live but in the span of a year we had 3 or 4 which is odd for our region of the world.

Another one? Wasn't there one a 3.6 off Japan just earlier today? Stay safe.

Originally posted by crazydaisy
reply to post by spaceshrimp

 

Do you have a link so we
can see the depth, etc.?

Did you feel it?

edit on 18-9-2011 by crazydaisy because: (no reason given)

I did feel it a bit. I was hanging out on a balcony that is elevated a bit, but still is connected to the ground. Usually I feel little vibrations if a big truck goes by on the street in front of the house, but I did feel a bigger actually shake in the floor, and seconds after people started reporting on their facebook about the earthquake.

reply to post by spaceshrimp
I was sitting in the living room here in Orleans (East of Ottawa) chatting with my daughter when she suddenly looked up and said "What the F^&* is that?" There was a low humming/rumbling sound followed by a couple of small jolts and that was it.

I'm in Rockland, about 8 kms from the epicenter. It felt like a huge explosion that shook my house. It knocked down my daughter's book shelf and scared the be-jesus out of her. It sort of explained why my dog had been acting scared all afternoon, shaking like there was a thunderstorm. (He's very much a crybaby when it comes to those). He finally settled down about a hour and a half later.

Maybe something is happening under the Canadian Shield or perhaps there some targeting going on with HAARP? I find it interesting that such as solid landforms would have such noticeable earth movements recently. Perhaps the gods are unhappy with Harper and Layton (RIP) got to real the power spot first!