Earthquake in southern Québec last night

[Deleted member 8431]

The reason I post this is because this is something very unusual here.

The earthquake was felt at 0:19 ET (I felt it as well) and the epicenter was locater in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, app. 40km east of Montréal. The magnitude was 4.5 which is quite high considering we live no where near any fault line. Depth was about 9-10km.

Not to mention sinkholes and comets/meteors that have been reported through the province. That and other climate extremes like insane light shows, very weird cloud formation, floods, drough, heat, cold etc.

So yep, things are 'heating up' even here which is quite special considereing Québec usually do not suffer from intense activity like so.

Peace.

 

[zim]

Hey Jaymark

After the shock of the earthquake hope you and your family are fine! The things really are heating up!!! There is not doub!!!!

 

[Deleted member 8431]

Hey Jaymark

After the shock of the earthquake hope you and your family are fine! The things really are heating up!!! There is not doub!!!!

Yes. Everyone is fine. Nobody has been hurt according to the police and no "major" damages have been reported as well.

I am on the island of Montréal, about 50km or so from the epicenter but felt it good (I am on the 5th floor of a big concrete building). When it happened, I thought that it was either a quake, comet/meteor or bomb. Quickly glanced outside and nothing was out of the ordinary so I concluded it was an earthquake. This morning I checked and indeed, it was a quake.

Some people have panicked a bit according to the police (thousands of calls to 911) but as I've said, this is rather unusual activity here.

Thanks for checking!

 

[loreta]

Maybe it is very rare earthquakes in Montreal but some buildings are constructed to survive earthquakes. How come? The most known is the building of the Concordia University.

In 30 years that I lived in that city I "felt" 2 earthquakes and I liked it very much. they were like this one, very small but I think it is interesting to feel earth as something not stable. That puts everything in perspective. I think so...

Montreal is a dead volcano, is it possible that a dead volcano can resuscitate?

Take care of yourself Jay.

This picture shows some structure of the Library of Concordia that they did, some 20 years ago or more, against earthquakes. -So happily books will be safe! ;)

 

[Deleted member 8431]

Maybe it is very rare earthquakes in Montreal but some buildings are constructed to survive earthquakes. How come? The most known is the building of the Concordia University.

According to Séisme Canada, in the Outaouais (south-west of province) there is an old fault line. They have also said that Montréal is the second most vulnerable city in Canada concerning quakes because of the high population density and unstable ground/earth.

In 30 years that I lived in that city I "felt" 2 earthquakes and I liked it very much. they were like this one, very small but I think it is interesting to feel earth as something not stable. That puts everything in perspective. I think so...]

I hear ya. There is quite a lot of quakes every year in Québec but 90%+ aren't felt and those who are are usually very weak. There is very few 6+ magnitude recorded in history. I think we've had only two 6+ within last century and one almost 6.

Montreal is a dead volcano, is it possible that a dead volcano can resuscitate?

Ahh, you are talking about the Mont-Royal (Mount-Royal) which is the mountain we have on the island of Montréal. But quite frankly, some say it's a dead volcano while others say it's just a myth. On Wikipedia, they describe it as having being formed by a raise of magma that didn't surface, some 125 million years ago. It is 234m (app. 768ft) high at peak and has a lake on top, the Lac aux Castors, which means "beaver lake". It is rumored by some to be the old volcano's opening.

Here is a view of the mountain. Notice the huge microwave/cell phone antenna on top of it (the huge fork). I think the other one to it's left is a radiowave antenna (can't remember).

And here is the said lake. Anyhow, beautiful place to go while in Montréal.

Take care of yourself Jay.

Will do loreta, thanks. :)

Peace.

This picture shows some structure of the Library of Concordia that they did, some 20 years ago or more, against earthquakes. -So happily books will be safe! ;)

What picture?