Earthquake: 17/05/2013 9:50 DST

We just had an earthquake in Toronto.

It was enough to shake the house here in the east end for a few seconds. It wasn't as severe as the one that ocurred last summer in Quebec. Did anyone else feel it?

I felt shaking a few minutes ago here in NY, didn't think anything of it.

i live right by late Ontario, ten minutes to it.

nothing registering yet

gimquakesmap5.com...

reply to post by ipsedixit


I felt it up here in Ottawa as well...I thought it was just me.

reply to post by mytheroy

Magnitude 5 Southern Ontario. 21 minutes ago.

gimquakesmap5.com...

USGS says its a mag 5

a 5 that's big up there, on the east coast should be felt for hundreds of miles.
Stay safe folks.

No rumbling down south in chi town. We get a few small earthquakes every now and then too. Im always interested in earthquakes in the great lakes area. While to my knowledge there aren't active faults here, the ground is still rebounding from the last ice age. I've always assumed that was the source of our quakes.

How big do you think this one was?

Wow, a 5 is really big for the region! Thanks for the info.

My monitors started shaking, so i checked my foot for a twitch, Negative.

Checked my environmental conditions, Negative.

Checked ATS, Positive

ATS

I didn't feel anything...

In Niagara...

California had a medium sized one earlier ....
Guess the massive sun spot activity today is
really kicking things off?

that's one theory about earthquakes ...

I thought, grand maul seizure at first........lol

Does anyone have any info on the plates in this region?
A mag 5 is unheard of in this area.

Originally posted by shaneslaughta
I thought, grand maul seizure at first........lol

Does anyone have any info on the plates in this region?
A mag 5 is unheard of in this area.

There is a fault line just under lake Ontario...

I've heard it runs through St.Catharines actually...

Tis the pit O hell

reply to post by Akragon


really? any more info on this? direction it runs and such?

I never prepared myself for an EQ here in NY.

Earthquake was very shallow, some 5-10 km depth ..

2013-05-17 13:43:22.033min ago 45.75 N 76.46 W 7 4.9 SOUTHERN ONTARIO, CANADA

www.emsc-csem.org...

25km NNE of Shawville, Canada 2013-05-17 15:43:22+02:00 5.0 km deep; earthquake.usgs.gov...



On 5/17/2013 1:43:22 PM, an earthquake occurred in Canada potentially affecting 1350000 people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 5M and depth 5km.

Earthquake magnitude 5M and depth 5km
on 17/05/2013 13:43 UTC
1350000 people within 100km

www.gdacs.org...

Im liking all the EQ threads in the feed now.

But this was the first one so im going to keep discussing it here.

Originally posted by shaneslaughta
reply to post by Akragon

 

really? any more info on this? direction it runs and such?

I never prepared myself for an EQ here in NY.

nope... its a big crack under the lake...

Sometimes it dances a bit...



Google is your friend

Felt in Ottawa, ON. Shook our office just a bit. Nobody panicked though (damn it!)
According to USGS the quake was in Quebec just north of Shawville and was in the Eastern Quebec Siezmic Zone.quake

It looks like it was in the Outaouais region, where there was a fairly large earthquake last year, if I remember correctly.

gimquakesmap5.com...

I dont see anything for my area on the fault map. but i have always wondered in the new madrid fault could be connected to the lakes.



How can solar flairs impact the plates of earth, i see that we are getting hit by a
CME right now.