Earthquake shakes central Canada, U.S.
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From the Globe and Mail
There are reports of unusual ground shaking in various parts of Ontario, including Ottawa and Toronto. The Toronto newsroom of The Globe and Mail shook just before 1:45 p.m. EDT. The Ottawa newsroom was evacuated.
Various reports on Twitter suggest the earthquake was felt as far away as Ohio, New York and Michigan.
The earthquake shook buildings in Ottawa, where the streets are crowded with office workers who evacuated their workplaces.
“We felt the building shake. It was actually it was pretty serious. It was definitely the strongest quake that I ever felt,” said Dennis Choquette, a Globe and Mail online editor.
The shaking lasted about 15 seconds, Mr. Choquette said.
The severity of the earthquake is not yet known. It is not yet known whether there have been any reports of injuries.
There is also a map of the Twitter feeds radiating from the east here. |
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My office in Toronto shook...so we left.
And confirmed what was going on via Twitter...good ol' useful Twitter...
Also, lol: http://xkcd.com/723/
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It was a 5.5 magnitude earthquake, source: 680news radio.
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The First Year Experience Office felt it too! We thought it was the construction in Commons at first, lol!
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The First Year Experience Office felt it too! We thought it was the construction in Commons at first, lol!
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Lol, that's one of the things I thought it was at first. I thought there were very large construction machines driving around outside XD
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I felt it while I was surfing on the internet for a job!! It was pretty strong lmao this is the 2nd time i have felt the earth shake!
Btw, anybody knows where to get a good job.
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For the summer?
During the school year?
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For the summer?
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www.talentegg.ca still has some summer jobs posted, and a marketing internship for during the school year.
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www.talentegg.ca still has some summer jobs posted, and a marketing internship for during the school year.
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Hey thanks I have the account on it but I really can't narrow my search down to oakville/burlington only? |
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2012 came 2 years to early.
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I work at St. Michaels Hospital downtown on the 5th floor, the whole office was rumbling a bit, me and the doctors kind of looked at each other really confused. We looked online and saw it was an earthquake.
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my friends were telling me that they felt the earth quake...
but not me...
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I could go through that a few more times before I die. As long as it's not one of those Roland Emmerich quakes.
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