Canada Earthquake June 23 2010: 5.0 Magnitude Hits Ontario (Maps)

5.5 downgraded to 5.0 on the Richter Scale damage:

i live in timmins ontario and i felt a tremor around 1:48 pm today ,

I believe that our mini earthquake here in TO today was mother earth trying to shake the leaders of the world attending the G20 conference awake to the BS they are allowing to happen to damage our earth, especially including the ongoing gulf oil spill. "Wake up people. Or I'll shake you awake." -Mother Earth

Word has it that there's now a tsunami warning for Harper's fake lake. =)

Oh my gosh!!! thats all i can say. i'm in grade 9 and our school finished a week ago, however the school that my little sister and brother go to was having a SK and grade 6 leaving ceremony. We were about half way through the ceremony, the principal of the school ( Leslie Park Public School which is in Ottawa near the border of Quebec) was just telling us her speech.  She was in the middle of it when we heard this weird rumbling, kind of like a tractor going by. a bit further outside there was some construction going on so we were all like " ok, its just a tractor, we'll continue when it passes by." so we were all sitting there waiting when we noticed that it was getting louder and louder, i remember thinking "hmmm.....this is strange, how big is it lol."  just then we felt what started out as a small tremmor but was rapidly growing. then i was thinking "wait, why would a tractor make the entire school shake like this?!" i think some of the other adults were starting to think the same thing and people started to stand up. We were all fairly calm still when we heard something loud fall, i'm guessing it was something on the roof right about now. Then someone near the door said "was that a bomb?!" and all hell broke loose. I remember feeling all weirdly calm about this ass i watched adults running around in the panic trying to get to their children, some of the poor five year olds tripped and fell, and some were huddled together crying in confusion. But then one of the grade 6's yelled earthquake and it litteraly felt like we were in a blender right about now. Some of the mom's panicked and just stood there holding thier children looking dazed while some grade 6's and other people kept on shouting to get outside because  the building could collapse. And that would really suck especially if there were people in it. (......) I remember being one of the shouters telling people to get outside while trying to tow my mom who looked like she was in shock. (....)  I have no clue where all the calm came from. no clue what expression i had on my face. but eventually all the people from the auditorium was outside at least. I don't think many people came to school that day anyways it being the last day of school and all. All of this took place in about 40 secconds including running outside. the tremmors (more like shaking but watev) lasted at least 18-20 secconds when i checked later thought it felt like hours at the moment.  There was no major dammage, just some plaster from the ceiling came loose into the air and it was slightly cloudy for a while. Then when all the terror and panic left we all kind of went back in and finished the ceremony. It'll probably be one that people won't forget in a while anyways. This is my first time experiencing an earthquake, i would say that it was cool right now since all the danger and stuff is over, i'm glad that no one got hurt. Err!!! I just remebered! I had turned off my camcorder JUST when the earthquake began, I could have taped it!!!! > < ohh well. ;)

Just had a friend in the UK say this (his father and sis live in S/E Ontario). I sent the NP link.

"Just called my Dad and sister in south-eastern Ontario at our regular twice-weekly time, and they confirmed they both felt the earthquake this afternoon. Some broken windows and stuff falling off walls, but in Ottawa and Hull there is a major power cut. Tremors also felt in Toronto and north-eastern USA. Not too serious, no loss of life reported yet."

umm im in cobourg ontario and i thought it was my cats under the bed then to find out it wasntt hahaha

Wow. I was in my computer room when I suddenly felt shaking. So I looked at my surrounding to see a few rattles of knick knacks here and there. It wasn't huge, intense shaking, though I've never experienced a tremor before today. It only lasted for a few seconds and when it ended I went outdoors to my parents where they were painting. I was all like "holy crow did you feel that shaking." And they told me I'm a nutso. I started to believe it as I texted everyone I knew that lived close by. Nobody I knew felt it. The moment I found out there was an actual earthquake I was happy yet sad. I was sad for the fact that somewhere someone experienced damage, though when I found out I was happy. I went to my parents and was all like, "ha looks like I'm not crazy after all. guess you can't lock me up just yet."

i live in uxbridge (ontario) and felt the shakes for a minute at 1.41 pm. I didnt know what was happening. i started to grab things that were shaking because i thought i was imagining it. I had to call a friend right after just to make sure i wasn't loosing my mind. yeeks! 5.5...wow!

I was at work as im in belleville Ont. i felt it and i tought for a moment maybe a blast then i asked some other staff and they goe we felt that too , at first i tought someone had gases , hehe .. joke. Anyways We felt it here in Belleville Ont.

Ha,  thought it was the folks upstairs in my office building (party? I wasn't invited?).  The entire building swayed.  Kingston

I live in Ottawa and our building at work shook like crazy, and we all went outside. We went back in, then a couple hours later, we were all sent home so that the buildings could be inspected.

Hey all

Just noticed you all writing about your experiances, well I work in a furniture place in Barrie, I was sitting at my desk and all of the suddon I felt the floor moving and my desk all of the suddon got really really wobbly.  I started to look aroung and no one was reacting any different than normal so I started looking more around, finally someone saw me and said that they felt it too, since I have never experianced anything like that before the first thought in my head was Tornado( we are under weather a severe weather warning)  I got up from my desk and stood in a doorway,  I than found out that it was an earthquake......crazy but now I can say I have experianced that!  Thankfully nobody has been reported killed in all of this

But we felt it in Barrie

I was sitting on my couch watching soccer and all of a sudden the couch started shaking, i was really tired and thought it was just me until i heard my walls squeaking and i got sooo scared >.<!.

It sounds kind of scary, and with the floor moving, you kind of think that perhaps you had vertigo? It must be very disorientating. It must be hard 'imagining things' and other people trying to be 'normal'. That is quite a major 30/40 seconds. Was anyone in a tall building?

I have heard people's dogs spotting things just before the quake.

Thanks for talking about your experiences.

i live in azilda ontario. i was sitting in the livingroom and my chair started shaking.

i felt it all the way in brampton!

I teach at hillicrest public school in Barrie and all of a sudden my class started shaking.
Welll anyways just wanted people to know that we felt it in Barrie.

Thank you for sharing your experiences everyone!

i was using the computer at home in markham and suddenly i felt my desk shaking and my plants were shaking... little after that, i started to shake on my chair and left my room.  first i thought nothung much of it until i heard earthquakes were happening soo

I'm from London, Ontario and i felt it around 1:45 while i was watching a movie. I didn't think it would be a 5 though.

There hasn't been this much rocking and rolling and excitement in Ottawa since Pierre and Margaret Trudeau gave their water bed a good work out in the 1970s. Now back to sleep, Ottawa!

hi,it was really a crazy moment,I was at work when it happened that all,I was very scared for a few minutes but thanks to my god all is well at the moment,amazing video of this action at:

june23earthquake.com/

Hey there.  So to give you a good idea of the range in distance...I'm in Niagara Region (middle of the peninsula).  I live in a farmhouse in a rural area. I was napping on my couch @1:30pm, sleeping off a migraine (waiting for the storm cell to pass as I'm a 'walking barometer') when I thought I was dreaming of being in a rocking boat. I came out of a deep, drugged sleep to hear a strange sound.  It was my china cabinet doors swinging.  My teenage son was on the loveseat @ his computer.  We just looked at each other, with obvious shock.  I asked "What was that?" He replied that it was a truck going past, so I  jumped up to go to the door.  The floor felt like it was rolling the whole way.  I turned and told my son "That was an earthquake!"  Of course he says no way and I checked online to verify it.  Not surprised that I was right, with the duration and level of vibrations. I'm relieved that it wasn't an explosion or something, and no one was seriously injured.  

ya i felt that earth quake to im in london