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Unexpected 5.5 Earth Quake Strikes Toronto Canada

18 points by captaincrunch 16y ago

captaincrunch 16y ago
Another earth quake reported only 15 minutes later... only days before the g20 summit (http://www.g20.org http://www.g20.org)
EricButler 16y ago
When exactly is an earthquake not "unexpected"?
- jarek 16y ago
  It's much less expected here than in, say, California.
- rodion_89 16y ago
  Back home in japan if there isnt an earthquake for a good amount of time people start to get suspicious thinking that a huge one is one the way.
cing 16y ago
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/earthquake-shakes-ontario-us-states/article1614941/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/earthquake-shak...
cperciva 16y ago
According to USGS, this was about 50 km north of Ottawa, in a rather isolated area. There are a few villages nearby which might suffer damage, but it's unlikely that any internet infrastructure or datacenters would be affected at all. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/us2010xwa7.php http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/us...
- someone_here 16y ago
  Oh thank god the internet is safe
  - cperciva 16y ago
    No need to be sarcastic. I only mentioned internet infrastructure because the article was from someone talking about how his datacenter "survived" the quake.
chaosmachine 16y ago
That was pretty intense. I'm in a Starbucks in Ottawa. The whole building was shaking, everyone ran outside. I felt the 4.5 Ottawa quake in 2006, too, and this one was much stronger.
- timmaah 16y ago
  It was a nice gentle shake down here in Burlington Vermont.
- bengl 16y ago
  I'm in a building near the Ottawa airport, and I must say, it was pretty violent here. Some monitors fell over. The cellular networks appeared to not be able to handle all the sudden traffic, but that seemed to ease up after a few minutes.
  - someone_here 16y ago
    WIND mobile was fine.
- ascuttlefish 16y ago
  Here in Barrie it was pretty gentle. I thought I was having a seizure at first, actually, which illustrates my state of mind lately. Anyway, when I noticed that the wee containers of jam and marmalade were shaking too, I figured it was an earthquake.
- someone_here 16y ago
  Which starbucks? I was near one too :)
- RyanMcGreal 16y ago
  This one measured 5.5 on the Richter scale.
faramarz 16y ago
I up voted before clicking the link.. I am terribly sorry I did. Come on, at least link it to a news article! Anyway, looks like Quebec is finally separating :P
- arach 16y ago
  >Anyway, looks like Quebec is finally separating :P Hehe. It's funny that this happens the day before St-Jean Baptiste day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Holiday_(Quebec) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Holiday_(Quebec)
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lowkey 16y ago
Hey CaptainCrunch, FYI Ottawa != Toronto (I'm sure you knew that, just saying)
- captaincrunch 16y ago
  I was going to make a crack about the Ottawa Senators, but realized how much Toronto Maple leafs suck...
klous 16y ago
Felt it here, 40 mins northwest of Detroit, MI. Didn't recognize what it was until I saw this.
vital101 16y ago
We felt this in Grand Rapids, MI. I was on the 6th floor of our building at the time and the standing dividers in the office were swaying back and forth by about 2 inches.
RyanMcGreal 16y ago
Report from Hamilton, Ontario: http://www.raisethehammer.org/blog/1777/earthquake http://www.raisethehammer.org/blog/1777/earthquake
vollmond 16y ago
Workers in one of our buildings south of Baltimore felt the building swaying from the ripples of this. A coworker said it felt like "being on a cruise ship."
whyme 16y ago
Didn't feel a thing here in Calgary! ;)
agentultra 16y ago
It wasn't 5.5 in Toronto.

18 points by captaincrunch 16y ago

Another earth quake reported only 15 minutes later... only days before the g20 summit (http://www.g20.org http://www.g20.org)

EricButler 16y ago

When exactly is an earthquake not "unexpected"?

jarek 16y ago
It's much less expected here than in, say, California.
rodion_89 16y ago
Back home in japan if there isnt an earthquake for a good amount of time people start to get suspicious thinking that a huge one is one the way.

cing 16y ago

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/earthquake-shakes-ontario-us-states/article1614941/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/earthquake-shak...

cperciva 16y ago

According to USGS, this was about 50 km north of Ottawa, in a rather isolated area. There are a few villages nearby which might suffer damage, but it's unlikely that any internet infrastructure or datacenters would be affected at all. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/us2010xwa7.php http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/us...

someone_here 16y ago
Oh thank god the internet is safe
- cperciva 16y ago
  No need to be sarcastic. I only mentioned internet infrastructure because the article was from someone talking about how his datacenter "survived" the quake.

chaosmachine 16y ago

That was pretty intense. I'm in a Starbucks in Ottawa. The whole building was shaking, everyone ran outside. I felt the 4.5 Ottawa quake in 2006, too, and this one was much stronger.

timmaah 16y ago
It was a nice gentle shake down here in Burlington Vermont.
bengl 16y ago
I'm in a building near the Ottawa airport, and I must say, it was pretty violent here. Some monitors fell over. The cellular networks appeared to not be able to handle all the sudden traffic, but that seemed to ease up after a few minutes.
- someone_here 16y ago
  WIND mobile was fine.
ascuttlefish 16y ago
Here in Barrie it was pretty gentle. I thought I was having a seizure at first, actually, which illustrates my state of mind lately. Anyway, when I noticed that the wee containers of jam and marmalade were shaking too, I figured it was an earthquake.
someone_here 16y ago
Which starbucks? I was near one too :)
RyanMcGreal 16y ago
This one measured 5.5 on the Richter scale.

faramarz 16y ago

I up voted before clicking the link.. I am terribly sorry I did. Come on, at least link it to a news article! Anyway, looks like Quebec is finally separating :P

arach 16y ago
>Anyway, looks like Quebec is finally separating :P Hehe. It's funny that this happens the day before St-Jean Baptiste day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Holiday_(Quebec) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Holiday_(Quebec)

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lowkey 16y ago

Hey CaptainCrunch, FYI Ottawa != Toronto (I'm sure you knew that, just saying)

captaincrunch 16y ago
I was going to make a crack about the Ottawa Senators, but realized how much Toronto Maple leafs suck...

klous 16y ago

Felt it here, 40 mins northwest of Detroit, MI. Didn't recognize what it was until I saw this.

vital101 16y ago

We felt this in Grand Rapids, MI. I was on the 6th floor of our building at the time and the standing dividers in the office were swaying back and forth by about 2 inches.

RyanMcGreal 16y ago

Report from Hamilton, Ontario: http://www.raisethehammer.org/blog/1777/earthquake http://www.raisethehammer.org/blog/1777/earthquake

vollmond 16y ago

Workers in one of our buildings south of Baltimore felt the building swaying from the ripples of this. A coworker said it felt like "being on a cruise ship."

whyme 16y ago

Didn't feel a thing here in Calgary! ;)

agentultra 16y ago

It wasn't 5.5 in Toronto.