Well, I’ll be a monkey’s uncle. Tonight at 8:39 pm EDT, we had an earthquake in Ottawa. I’m serious.
I was sitting here and the walls started shaking. I jumped up because I am more used to a big thump when the kids get a bit over rambunctious. Cookie looked at me bewildered and said “What was that??” I told them I thought it was an earthquake, but put my shoes on and went outside to see if any big construction vehicles were rolling up the road. A jet flew over, but it was way to high.
I went back inside and asked the kids what time it was. 8:40 pm. Colbert felt it in south Ottawa too. On his site he points people to the Earthquakes Canada site. And sure enough, one was centered 7 km north of Thurso, Quebec and registered a 4.5.
For those who aren’t aware, Thurso is about 80 km East of Ottawa.
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Felt it way up here in Arnprior, when the trains go by you hear a little rumbling and sometimes you feel it, but last night the ground shook, living close to hwy 17, I thought is was another 30 car pile up.