Small Earthquake Felt in Hamilton
Buildings rumbled for a brief period today as a small earthquake could be felt in Hamilton and neighbouring cities.
The tweets are coming in:
http://twitter.com/#!/search/earthquake%20hamilton
Apparently it was a 5.8 earthquake in Virginia that could be felt here.
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08-23-2011 at 01:30 PM
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I didn't feel anything and I live close to Toronto
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Same here and I live in Mississauga. People are freaking out about it as if they just survived a bomb >.>
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Same here and I live in Mississauga. People are freaking out about it as if they just survived a bomb >.>
Felt a small shake in Mississauga but nothing too scary...almost thought I was imagining it lol
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So my mo wasnt freaking out for no reason
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I didn't feel anything. =/
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I'm in Brampton, and I didn't feel anything because I was in the basement. My grandma upstairs felt the ground underneath her feet shake though.
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downtown toronto, office buidling, not a thing
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Brampton Office at Airport and Queen....didn't feel a thing
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I only found out about this from facebook :/
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I found out about about the earthquake on facebook. I live on Hamilton Mountain and I didn't feel anything and I slept in today...
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Same here and I live in Mississauga. People are freaking out about it as if they just survived a bomb >.>
Exactly. I'm reading some online newspaper articles from TO and Hamilton and people saying "My house was shaking for 3 minutes!"
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It was actually felt all the way up North. I work in an office district in downtown Sudbury (6th floor) and all of the buildings including the police station and holding cells were evacuated because the shakes were felt so strongly up here. There were also police and fire persons blocking off the majority the downtown core as a preventative measure with all the tall buildings and whatnot. It was actually pretty scary... Water was spilling out of my glass and the doors were swinging... Weeeeeeird
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