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Jun 23, 2010, 01:50 PM
 
Did anyone feel it? I didn't, but some of my co-workers did. I'm all the way over in Rochester. You could probably feel it all through New England and Upstate New York (not to mention Canukistan)

Magnitude 5.0 - ONTARIO-QUEBEC BORDER REGION, CANADA

     
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Jun 23, 2010, 02:54 PM
 
Felt it.

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Jun 23, 2010, 03:19 PM
 
Felt it in Michigan too. Weird.
     
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Jun 23, 2010, 03:34 PM
 
I didn't feel it. I didn't even know about it until I logged into facebook and it was everyone's status update. I realize it's they are pretty uncommon in this area, but people are acting like it's the freakin' end-times. It's all anybody's talking about.
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Jun 23, 2010, 03:47 PM
 
That's because talking about the earthquake is more fun than working.
     
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Jun 23, 2010, 08:21 PM
 
I didn't feel it in Toronto but some did it seems.
     
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Jun 23, 2010, 08:42 PM
 
Woohoo, a 5.0 earthquake!

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Jun 23, 2010, 08:46 PM
 
I missed it as I was driving at the time, but lots of office buidlings in Toronto were being evacuated. We were trying to figure out why and only learned a couple of hours later that there had been an earthquake.
     
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Jun 23, 2010, 10:02 PM
 
Felt it. One of my employees and I originally thought one of our machines had crashed. We then started checking the local news websites.
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Jun 23, 2010, 10:10 PM
 
Originally Posted by macforray View Post
Felt it. One of my employees and I originally thought one of our machines had crashed. We then started checking the local news websites.
What kind of machines are you running that they shake buildings if they crash?
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Jun 23, 2010, 11:42 PM
 
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What kind of machines are you running that they shake buildings if they crash?
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Jun 24, 2010, 06:16 AM
 
Originally Posted by lpkmckenna View Post
I didn't feel it in Toronto but some did it seems.
I didn't feel it either but there were some mugs hanging on hooks in my kitchen and they began swaying.
     
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Jun 24, 2010, 06:54 AM
 
I didn't notice but some buildings in Wellesley were evacuated.
     
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Jun 24, 2010, 08:16 AM
 
Didn't feel it in NYC, but we Manhattanites have no feelings anyway.
     
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Jun 24, 2010, 03:29 PM
 
Originally Posted by ThinkInsane View Post
I realize it's they are pretty uncommon in this area, but people are acting like it's the freakin' end-times. It's all anybody's talking about.
Actually they are quite common in this area, but most of them are small. There was one 2-3 years back. Here is info on the area:

The Western Quebec Seismic Zone
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Jun 24, 2010, 04:01 PM
 
Heh heh heh. 5.0

Here in EarthquakeLand, seems like we get a 5 every year. After hanging items stop swaying, go back to whatever you were doing. Things get interesting at 7.
     
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Jun 24, 2010, 05:43 PM
 
Originally Posted by Leonard View Post
Actually they are quite common in this area, but most of them are small. There was one 2-3 years back. Here is info on the area:

The Western Quebec Seismic Zone
Yeah, I do realize that. It's only the third one that anyone's felt this far south since I've been living here. This one and the one before it I didn't even notice. The one I did (I think I was 13 or so), I was asleep and I woke up thinking there was an animal under my bed. I grabbed a baseball bat and started poking around. It wasn't until later when my mother asked me if I felt it that I realized I was a dumbass
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Jun 24, 2010, 08:20 PM
 
Originally Posted by ThinkInsane View Post
What kind of machines are you running that they shake buildings if they crash?
Large CNC machines.
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Jun 24, 2010, 08:41 PM
 
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