Ah this is painful! I'm going to do it piece by piece!
I am writing this, to be filed away, until that fateful day.
All you hear are car and house alarms, wasting their batteries. Where's some light? Luckily, you have been somewhat paranoid, and have a flashlight in your night-table. "I'm glad I listened to that crazy earthquake guy."
The light goes on. Shit! I'm glad I didn't have that trophy case near my bed! Your memorial World Cup solid brass wuwuzela has punched a big hole through your computer keyboard!
Seems it came 15 years early and was slightly smaller than predicted :)
ReplyDeleteI just felt earthquake in Scarborough!
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you're prescient or what, but I just experienced something that felt an awful lot like a minor earthquake - house sort of undulated, crystal in the cabinet tinkled, hanging fixtures started to sway, and there was no heavy equipment driving by.
ReplyDeleteHappened less than 5 minutes before this posting, in the Bathurst/St. Clair area.
did you just feel that minor earthquake in Toronto at 1:45 PM??
ReplyDeleteFelt it in Mississauga/Oakville too, but I think it was more like 1:42
ReplyDeleteAny idea where the epicentre was?
ReplyDeletei just felt an earthquake in Ajax...
ReplyDeleteHappened downtown and in York Mills too.
ReplyDeleteHappened near Ottawa.
ReplyDeleteI felt it here in Georgetown at about 1:46 pm today
ReplyDeleteWow so I'm not alone felt it in Etobicoke, shook my chair and the computer screen, couldn't tell what was going on until I realized that it was an earthquake.
ReplyDeleteyes I did and I'm on the 17th floor and my cat felt it too as he crouched to the groud.....
ReplyDeleteFelt the earthquack at 1:44 pm. Eglinton and dufferin area.
ReplyDeleteYes from Mississauga - what a co-incidence!
ReplyDeleteI thought it was some heavy machinery around here, East York On. lasted around 1 1/2 minutes I guess.
ReplyDeleteWe felt it in Ottawa - slow rumble, then a good roar.
ReplyDeleteYep, here too. 7th floor at Bay/Bloor around 1:45pm.
ReplyDeleteAny links to a site where i can see where it originated?
ReplyDelete400/401 also experienced a small tremor
ReplyDeletean actual earthquake is much more severe than what you all have experienced
felt in markham
ReplyDeleteI felt it too, in North York! The TV was shaking, the china cabinet was shaking, the computer was shaking. Fortunately, my baby slept through it!
ReplyDeleteI felt it in North York at about 1:42pm. I felt as though my chair is being pushed towards the computer screen. Took around 5 secs to realize its an earth quake. But cud believe only after searching the web!
ReplyDeleteKing and Bathurts Felt it
ReplyDeleteI just felt a minor quake in scarborough. chair was vibrating.
ReplyDeleteFelt nothing in downtown Hamilton
ReplyDeletei just felt like the floor moving at work and thought that i was feeling dizzy... Second after, everyone stood up to find out if we all felt the same reaction... it was a minor hearthquake!!!
ReplyDeleteYeah, the ground shook here by Pearson Airport.
ReplyDeleteWe felt it in the Beaches. Lasted for almost a minute it seemed.
ReplyDeleteNothing too scary:)
I'm in Scarborough and felt it too. Crazy! I've never felt that before. Some pictures even fell off the wall!
ReplyDeleteI felt in north Richmond Hill around 1:45. I was having lunch at home, heard house was making minor cracking sound...
ReplyDeleteIt was a minor earth quake.My chair was moving but it was over a minute
ReplyDeleteFelt it in Ancaster/West Hamilton,
ReplyDeleteFelt it here in Newmarket too. Seemed fairly small, but it was a bit startling.
ReplyDeleteHere's a story:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/earthquake-shakes-ontario-us-states/article1614941/
I am on the 27th floor in East York. The quake was without doubt the strongest I have ever felt. Maybe it was amplified by the building?? Everything was shaking and the water in my mug was sloshing all around. Scary stuff...
ReplyDeleteIpicenters in the past have usually been in Quebec but we'll just have to see.
5.5!!!
ReplyDeleteupdate: 1:45 pm magnitude 5.7, epicenter at Buckingham, QC
ReplyDeleteI felt it in etobicoke had a late night thought I was hungover when my bed felt posessed LOL!
ReplyDeleteHere in Caledon, HWY 9 Felt it too!
ReplyDeleteEast York here, that was freaky.
ReplyDeleteI was sitting in my basement office and my chair and desk started shaking, I thought "Great, my house is gonna fall on me".
Went outside and all my neighbours were outside with everyone freaking out (mildly).
Felt it across the Lake here in Beachwood, Ohio.
ReplyDeleteYes, an Earthquake in Toronto. It happened at 1:50pm. I was sitting on my desk in the basement, and suddenly felt the whole room shifted eastward for about 10 - 20 cm.
ReplyDeleteWe had it here in North Bay as well. Lasted about 15 seconds and shook the whole building!
ReplyDeleteYes, I did feel it too in ottawa.
ReplyDeletefelt it in the swigitty! all the way to kingston!
ReplyDeleteWe felt it in Sudbury as well!!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter just called from Ottawa -- whole house was shaking. She said it was felt from Montreal to Windsor.
ReplyDeleteI'm in Toronto (Jane-St. Clair) and felt it very mildly.
Felt it in London, ON too...
ReplyDeleteG20 HMMM...
ReplyDeleteI hear that they felt it in Montreal and North Bay as well...
ReplyDeleteYes.. I felt earthquake in etobico..when i was in my phone..all my table was moved about a 1/4 inch or soo...
ReplyDeleteFelt it for over a minute at Weston Rd & Sheppard a relaxing rumble
ReplyDeleteA friend felt it down in MIchigan
ReplyDeleteFelt it up here in Richmond Hill
ReplyDeletewe were in our classroom at school and some of the students felt the floor vibrate. This was in Thornhill, Ontario.
ReplyDeleteJust felt a tremor in Milton, whole building was shaking
ReplyDeleteWonder if it shook down the G20 fences...? ;)
ReplyDeletefelt it in montreal as well!!
ReplyDeletein Windsor as well
ReplyDeletefelt the tremor here in milton approx. 1:45 pm the whole building shook
ReplyDeleteI felt it in Sault Ste. Marie....my chair jiggled a bit...twice.
ReplyDeletefelt here in Downtown Toronto front street, and my wife in oshawa around 1:43 pm today.
ReplyDeleteI felt it near St. Catharines. Very faint, I thought I was just dizzy for a couple seconds. Glad to know it was an earthquake and nothing is wrong with me haha!!
ReplyDeleteYonge & Sheppard here...desks, monitors and windows were def shaking. They are saying mid-fours on the scale.
ReplyDeleteIt hit quite hard in Gatineau also.
ReplyDeleteNiagara Falls were shaking!!
ReplyDeleteNothing in Beamsville Ontario
ReplyDeleteHAHA wow what a coincidence, I search more info on the Earthquake, and I find a random article with people trying to search for the same thing. This author's getting quite a bit of views because of this coincidence!
ReplyDeleteNiagara Falls is a wave pool now!!!
ReplyDeleteFelt it in waterloo, sitting with my friend in school, while exams were happening! the school shook, thought it was construction work or something, almost fell off my stool.
ReplyDeleteI'm near Niagara River in New York State and felt the slight tremors about 1:45 approximately. Heard the quake was 5.5 but still not sure where epicenter was.
ReplyDeleteI felt it in London Ontario
ReplyDeleteFrom the USGS:
ReplyDeletehttp://bit.ly/dC7558
5.5 Magnitude.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010xwa7.php
ReplyDeleteSorry everyone....
ReplyDeleteI shouldn't have had the baked beans for lunch.
What the heck? I googled to see who else is talking about it and saw your post from this morning.
ReplyDeleteI love serendipity and coincidence!
Especially weird when the original post was from 3 hours BEFORE the earthquake?!? Psychic much Harold?
ReplyDeletearound 1:39 pm here in Ancaster.
ReplyDeleteI live in Ottawa and I just felt it 15 min ago.
ReplyDeleteI'm in Lansing, MI and I felt the earthquake.
ReplyDeleteOMG felt it in Brampton sooo crazy
ReplyDeletewe felt it in hawaii
ReplyDeleteFelt it here in east york, only half the staff in my office seemed to notice. It felt like someone was pushing and pulling my chair back and forth. I turned to see who was moving it and found no one. Eerie feeling. Very cool.
ReplyDeleteWhen was the last EQ in Toronto?
now THAT was freaky.
ReplyDeleteI live in the Beaches, Toronto, and we just had a minor earthquake here that was strong enough to shake all of my furniture, knock over a shelf and break the glasses on it.
ReplyDeleteI have lately been feeling minor tremors late at night while reading that rocked my bed gently back and forth but were not strong enough to make any noise or damage anything.
Downtown Milton, Ont felt the earthquake at 1:42PM. It shook my commercial building for at least 10 seconds.
ReplyDeleteMakes me REALLY want to listen to the "crazy earthquake guy" now! :O)
ReplyDeletehttp://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010xwa7.php
ReplyDeleteThe earthquake was centered in Northern NY state and measured 5.5,
ReplyDeleteat 13:49:42 I wrote at another blogging site reporting an earthquake within 2 minutes before that and somebody from GTA reports that his building was evacuated in the morning due to fire alarm ... so may be seismic activity is on since morning .. I felt it around 13:48 ... my computer desk is one of those cheap self assemble type mostly made with tubes and computer tower and on tower a bag of cashew nuts ... they make a fine seismometer. I immediately sensed the quake and actually saw it with my s-meter
ReplyDeleteThat's what happens when you try to fool Mother Nature. It's that Fake Lake I tell you.... honest
ReplyDeleteMust have slept through it :(
ReplyDeleteHey Harold, have you got those Lotto Max numbers for us?
ReplyDeleteI was laying down and heard the sliding closet doors shaking... I turned over and tried to go back to sleep, but the DJ on the radio said there was just an earthquake. Wow! An earthquake in Toronto, what next?
ReplyDeleteIf you felt it, you can report it here:
ReplyDeletehttp://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/us/2010xwa7/us/index.html
If you felt it, you can report it here:
ReplyDeletehttp://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/us/2010xwa7/us/index.html
Felt it down south here in Leamington too!
ReplyDeleteAlright, alright....fun's over.
ReplyDeleteGo change your underwear and get back to work!!
Felt it in Oakville!
ReplyDeleteI felt an earthquake in Eglinton & Dufferin area at 1:50-1:55 pm, I wasn't sure so went out side of the house and found out most of the people were out and asking about....do any one know what was the Magnitude?
ReplyDeleteThey're evacuating downtown Toronto buildings (an hour after the event)! Fears of structural damage.
ReplyDeleteWow evacuating in Toronto! That's the type of hogwash I'm writing about. They are going to over-react because they know nothing! Next, the nuclear plants will be shutting down.
ReplyDeleteI Felt if to but it was miner my chair started shaking slighty to the left and right and got scared and ran outside.
ReplyDeletehappened in scarborough kennedy and the 401
ReplyDeleteFelt it in Stratfordville, Ontario and also family members felt it in Ingersoll, Ontario and Woodstock, Ontario.
ReplyDeleteBe safe my fellow Canuks...