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5.5 Earthquake Hits Canada; Felt in US Midwest, New England
joelmax writes "A magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit central Canada this afternoon, rattling buildings from Windsor to Montreal to several US states. The epicentre of the quake was in Quebec, 61 kilometres north of Ottawa, according to the US Geological Survey, and struck at 1:41 pm EDT." If you felt this quake, it would be great to put your location in the title of your comments, below — with lat/long coordinates even better.
But I figured a USGS link was in order.
One of our competitors trademarked the term "hypothesis". From now on, we will call them "boneheaded ideas".
42.31124, -83.67578 Thought it was a particularly large person stomping around near my cube. The floor shimmied slightly. It was cool.
Central Canada is a term used in Canada to represent Ontario and Quebec, as opposed to Western or Atlantic Canada. It has little to do with geography.
Ontario and Quebec is actually called Eastern Canada. Those 3 provinces west of Ontario are central. While British Columbia is West.
Central Canada.
Bingo. Houses are built for snow-load back home. (I'm out West now.) There's a lot of brick, stone, and brick/stone-veneer construction that's going to have to be examined pretty carefully now.
A big problem will be chimney fires come fall. It doesn't take much of a kink in a chimney to cause a hot spot. The word has to be put out now to get those inspected. And start early, because there aren't nearly enough trained people to look at it all once the weather turns.
[Can I ask for a Mod Up? -- unless the media clues-in and emphasizes inspections, people aren't going to know. Getting this post visible will at least have the /.ers out there advised to get their chimney checked. Chimney fires suck because they tend to go un-noticed till the attic is on fire, usually after you've gone to bed.)