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Earthquake! Tsunami warning for G20 fake lake

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Yes, an earthquake shook Toronto. And Ottawa. And Montreal, New York, Philadelphia, Windsor, places in Ohio…. There has also been a tsunami warning for the G20 fake lake (ahem).

The National Post is reporting that the quake was in the mid-4 range of the Richter Scale, while the US Geological Survey is reporting a 5.5 quake. The epicentre is believed to be 70km north of Ottawa. You can learn about the St. Lawrence fault line, the culprit of this quake, on Wikipedia.

But to really follow what’s going on, check out Twitter and your Facebook feeds. Spacing’s Shawn Micallef has created a hash-tag, #quakeTO, that you can use for local stories, or the simple #earthquake.

Feel free to share your stories with us.

UPDATE: We’ve been inspired by all this shaking and have created a one-inch button to commemorate the event. You can buy the buttons for $1.50 from our web site or for $2 at Swipe Books and the Outer Layer on Queen West.

photo from the top of Spacing’s building, by Miles Storey (slightly manipulated)

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11 comments

  1. Hi :- I live in the city of Orillia on the 4th Floor of a Apartment Building it shook the chair I was sitting I got up to walk over to the window it was shaking my legs as I was walking. I hope we don’t get after shocks. It was scary to say the least . Thankyou for your time . Wilma Beveridge

  2. I felt I was having an orgasm! then realized no way I am at work…then thought Sept 11 replay and run out of the door!!!

  3. I work in Markham, with a wall of windows facing north towards Buttonville. Once I realized it wasn’t a co-worker sneaking up on me and shaking my chair, my next thought was to look towards the airport to watch for smoke.

  4. I was at City Hall when it happened and the first thing that came to my mind was “Rob Ford decided to show up for work?”
    Needless to say, things were abuzz here and it wasn’t until 15 minutes after it happened that security finally told us things are ok and we didn’t need to evacuate.

  6. The volume level on my headphones rocked my world more that the “quake”…

  7. I was in an office building in Scarborough, on a conference call with people from Mississauga, Kingston, and Montreal. It was odd, because I felt my chair shake for a few seconds, and the call went silent. Someone asked what had just happened, and we all realized it had been an earthquake. It was certainly interesting that people 500km apart felt the same thing at the same time.

  8. Swipe Books at 401 Richmond and the Darkhorse Cafe at 215 Spadina will be carrying our “I survived the earthquake” buttons momentarily. Check for a blog update coming in the next half hour.

  10. Leo,

    That’s strange to feel it at the same time. I was also on a call with people from various parts of NA. Co-worker in Ottawa felt it very strongly and left the call/building. We only felt it here in Mississauga a minute or so later….and not nearly as strong.

  11. EARTHQUAKE, NOT SEPARATION, CENTERED IN QUEBEC.