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Earthquake shakes central Canada, U.S. lorend MacInsiders Announcements 17 06-24-2010 11:18 AM

5.5 Magnitude Earthquake

 
From USGS:

Earthquake Details
  • Magnitude 5.5

Date-Time
  • Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 17:41:42 UTC
  • Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 01:41:42 PM at epicenter

Location 45.955°N, 75.546°W
Depth 19.2 km (11.9 miles)
Region ONTARIO-QUEBEC BORDER REGION, CANADA

Distances
  • 49 km (31 miles) N (349°) from Cumberland, Ontario, Canada
  • 52 km (33 miles) N (10°) from Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
  • 58 km (36 miles) NNE (16°) from Hull, Quebec, Canada
  • 61 km (38 miles) N (11°) from OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada

There is a map of the epicenter here.

Location Uncertainty: horizontal +/- 11.5 km (7.1 miles); depth +/- 5.3 km (3.3 miles)

Parameters NST=294, Nph=311, Dmin=160.3 km, Rmss=1.12 sec, Gp= 25°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6

Wikipedia has a page too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Ontario_earthqua ke
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It says 5.0 if you look now lol. Shaken up!
 
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I cant believe that theres a wiki page on it already lol
and we were working in NRB, and though it was just the construction guys at first
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Weeeee! Earthquake!!!
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Weeeee! Earthquake!!!
Lol, that's exactly what I wrote on facebook when it happened.
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