As if 10 feet of snow weren't enough, they get an earthquake. Those who heard bangs were right on top of it. You can see it's right on the Georgian Bay cross-fault, intersecting with the Hamilton Fault. These are all just due to geological structure in the deep basement rock, and a tiny bit of fluid motion.
This is moment to be enjoyed at Timmy's. You won't get it again. Our real action is the Hamilton Fault, but even that is a 1 in 10,000 per year thing. Should be planned for, but isn't. Nuclear plants should account for it, but I have a disagreement with that, which I will take to my grave before there ever is an earthquake.
The kiddies should take this up as a science project. I'll work on my 2 buck seismometer again.
ps this is a very good place for a surface 'ice quake'. They'll need a closer look at the seismic records.
ps so kiddies, find out who heard the sharpest crack of this quake, and send out the drones. Should be a big disturbance in the snow.
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