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4.2 magnitude tremor strikes Ottawa region of Canada
Posted on November 7, 2012
November 7, 2012 – BUCKINGHAM, Canada —
An earthquake that rattled homes and shook people awake at 4:05 a.m.
Tuesday was stronger than average for this region, but still too weak to
do damage. Natural Resources Canada said the earthquake was centered
near Buckingham, Quebec, and was a magnitude 4.2,
compared to many small rumbles this region gets in the range of
magnitudes 2 or 3. The U.S. Geological Survey has a slightly weaker
estimate of 3.7, and says the location was southwest of Hawkesbury. Both
institutions were giving early estimates only and these are subject to
being refined as they see more data, including reports from people
nearby. The USGS had received close to 100 responses from people in
southern Quebec and Ontario by 5:30 a.m. It invites people to tell what
they felt, and got 26 responses from Ottawa residents, 30 from Montreal,
and several dozen from smaller communities as well as a scattering from
Vermont and New York. While the magnitude 4.2 sounds big, it’s not
nearly as big as the magnitude 5.0 that hit this region in June of
2010.On the earthquake scale, 5.0 is 10 times bigger than 4.0, which in
turn is 10 times bigger than 3.0, and so on. –Ottawa Citizen
Thanks to: http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com
Posted on November 7, 2012
An earthquake that rattled homes and shook people awake at 4:05 a.m.
Tuesday was stronger than average for this region, but still too weak to
do damage. Natural Resources Canada said the earthquake was centered
near Buckingham, Quebec, and was a magnitude 4.2,
compared to many small rumbles this region gets in the range of
magnitudes 2 or 3. The U.S. Geological Survey has a slightly weaker
estimate of 3.7, and says the location was southwest of Hawkesbury. Both
institutions were giving early estimates only and these are subject to
being refined as they see more data, including reports from people
nearby. The USGS had received close to 100 responses from people in
southern Quebec and Ontario by 5:30 a.m. It invites people to tell what
they felt, and got 26 responses from Ottawa residents, 30 from Montreal,
and several dozen from smaller communities as well as a scattering from
Vermont and New York. While the magnitude 4.2 sounds big, it’s not
nearly as big as the magnitude 5.0 that hit this region in June of
2010.On the earthquake scale, 5.0 is 10 times bigger than 4.0, which in
turn is 10 times bigger than 3.0, and so on. –Ottawa Citizen
Thanks to: http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com
