5.5 Earthquake Hits Canada; Felt in US Midwest, New England 560
joelmax writes "A magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit central Canada this afternoon, rattling buildings from Windsor to Montreal to several US states. The epicentre of the quake was in Quebec, 61 kilometres north of Ottawa, according to the US Geological Survey, and struck at 1:41 pm EDT." If you felt this quake, it would be great to put your location in the title of your comments, below — with lat/long coordinates even better.
central canada? (Score:4, Funny)
Get a map... its the east side of Canada.
Yes, Toronto is ego central though...
Obligatory xkcd (Score:5, Funny)
I felt it....ohhh wait. (Score:5, Funny)
felt in toronto (Score:5, Funny)
I felt it in my basement apartment in Toronto.
But was it really an earthquake, or did the thought of all those politicians gathering for the G20 make the ground vomit?
Nothing too serious. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I felt it....ohhh wait. (Score:3, Funny)
Soccer. There are no soccer teams in America. There are lots of football teams.
By the way, if we win the World Cup, that means the sport gets renamed worldwide. Seriously, we'll do it. How does "FISA World Cup" sound?
Re:Shaking in Ottawa (Score:5, Funny)
I didn't get touched, I'm in Alberta, but our Branches out in the Toronto Area felt it quite a bit.
Latitude = 43.6325, Longitude = -79.6601
Lat = 43 degrees, 38.0 minutes North
Long = 79 degrees, 39.6 minutes West
Our only Tech out there emailed and asked if our systems were capable of withstanding 5.5 Earthquakes.
We emailed back "We don't know!!! Is everything running? Power okay? Any one sent in any IT Requests?"
To which he responded, "Everything looks good. We're all fine by the way, thanks for checking."
Re:I felt it....ohhh wait. (Score:5, Funny)
There are no soccer teams in America. There are lots of football teams
Football is not handegg [saasta.fi].
Yay! (Score:2, Funny)
Quebec's finally separating!
Re:Twitter not good enough for you? (Score:2, Funny)
In answer to your subject:
No. With all confidence and utmost sincerity, I believe I speak for the majority of Slashdot users when I say, in fact, no, Twitter is not good enough for us. Thank you for your time.
Re:Shaking in Ottawa (Score:5, Funny)
We actually tried to continue our meeting but then they finally got to our floor to check it out they found us and told us to leave. As you can guess, no more work is really being done today.
You know, as a resident of Southern California, I don't get many opportunities to call anybody else a weenie*...
* :)
I'm impressed! (Score:5, Funny)
If you felt this quake, it would be great to put your location in the title of your comments, below -- with lat/long coordinates even better.
...but do NOT post your zip+4 code, as that would be a huge invasion of privacy. :D
Re:Central Canada? (Score:2, Funny)
You must be from Calgary.
Eastern Canada is New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI and NFLD/Labrador.
Western Canada is west of Ontario.
Re:Nothing too serious. (Score:2, Funny)
As said fatguy, all I gotta say is that I tripped over the dog.
CHAOS in Upstate New York (Score:5, Funny)
They I remembered I'm in Upstate New York. People here can't drive. The state is broke. Yesterday looked pretty much the same.
Re:5.5? Feh! (Score:3, Funny)
Rouge waves? Well if you're in the gulf maybe, though more of a brown/black wave...
Whew, I was worried there for a minute (Score:5, Funny)
Thank God. That's thousands of miles from America.
Re:5.5? Feh! (Score:5, Funny)
It's all of that illegal make-up dumping. It leads to rouge waves, mascara storms and glitter tornadoes.
Re:Dr. Evil? (Score:5, Funny)
It was pretty cool.
Re:5.5? Feh! (Score:5, Funny)
The key to driving in the rain in SoCal is to drive as fast possible through it; therefore you spend less time on the road and minimize your exposure to the dangers of rain.
Re:Westland Mi and Forest Park Il (Score:5, Funny)
Are we talking about the same Michigan? I was on a flight that landed in Detroit at about 2pm CST, and on the way to my destination I saw NUMEROUS buildings just devastated by the earthquake, a lack of essential services, disruption of civil order, severe deterioration of roads and infrastructure, looting in broad daylight ... you name it.
They must have been near the earthquake's epicenter.
Re:Shaking in Ottawa (Score:3, Funny)
The surface waves may spread farther in area, but magnitude N is still magnitude N. It's like getting two feet of snow in D.C. -- it's unusual, but other people are still going to laugh at you when you freak out.
Re:I felt it....ohhh wait. (Score:5, Funny)
When a 6'2" tackle who benches 620 and weighs 310lbs of solid muscle tells you he plays football, you don't question it.
Sure you can, you then let him chase you around for, say, 25 seconds and then he tires. Either that or he continues chasing you all the while wondering why no one blew a whistle yet...
Re:5.5? Feh! (Score:1, Funny)
If you're *anywhere* and you get hit by a rouge wave, I'd suggest converting to Christianity as apparently the seas have turned blood and the Rapture is nigh.
Re:5.5? Feh! (Score:2, Funny)
Clearly posting AC because he owns a chimney inspection service in Ottawa....