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I'm on Gladstone... My floor dropped 2 or 3 inches under my feet! Must be a 6 on the Richter Scale at least.
The whole place was on waves for less than 20 seconds. After the initial rumbling of 2 or 3 seconds the first big drop happened. Then the rolling for the next 15 seconds.
Everyone in all the buildings on Gladstone ran out to the street.
With all the construction in Westboro, I thought at first "what are they doing now?" but when it kept going I figured it was an earthquake instead and headed for the nearest doorframe.
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I was walking back from the grocery store. Felt absolutely nothing but when I returned to my office, everybody was out of the building and the power was out for about a half hour.
The heaviest shaking probably would have been right along the Ottawa River, especially in the east (such as in Orleans and Buckingham and east of Ottawa).
That was larger than usual, but nothing worth fretting over.
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My first thought when I heard the quake was centred near Ottawa was the West Block. I'm kind of surprised it didn't topple over given how dilapidated it is.
Do quakes happen usually there (not necessarily like the West Coast or Japan, but...) in Ottawa? They are pretty much nonexistent in the Prairies
Earthquakes are pretty common in the Ottawa area. I have experienced many. Almost all are relatively minor. I remember the 1988 Grey Cup and there were comments that only an earthquake would prevent the Grey Cup from being held in Ottawa. The Friday evening before the Grey Cup, there was an earthquake to the point that I almost fled my house. There was no damage and Grey Cup proceeded as normal on an unusually mild November day.
One of the worst earthquakes in Eastern Ontario took place near Cornwall in 1944. That one caused significant damage.
The Citizen has a few maps, including one that shows the soil risk in different parts of Ottawa (it is Flash, so I don't know how to link to the specific map, but I'm sure it also exists on a government website.
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