魁北克地震了！

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Earthquake shakes Quebec, Ontario
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7 l/ |( r2 W$ |( _0 t1 f5 k: nA minor earthquake has hit eastern Ontario and western Quebec, with tremors extending from the greater Montreal region to Ottawa.

4 C" e0 r/ Y, C, B( T" |# y+ YCOMMUNITY: Did you feel the quake: Send us your stories, photos and videos
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Natural Resources Canada confirmed the quake's epicentre was in Hawkesbury, Ont. Its magnitude was initially reported at 4.3, though the United States Geological Survey later measured it at 3.7.
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6 e5 ?% F) \1 ?0 a0 H# n& fThe Canadian agency initially reported the quake was centred in Lachute, Que., about 80 kilometres northwest of Montreal. The quake struck Wednesday at 1:36 p.m. ET with no reported damage.

* u' k7 b+ ?& Z  f4 ^It later issued a release saying the quake also didn't affect any of the major nuclear facilities in the region.
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7 H2 E2 P4 u6 |9 Z% K; NTemblors were reported in the Laurentians, across Montreal, in Cornwall and in Ottawa.

"I was sitting on my couch and all of a sudden I hear this noise which is boom, boom, boom, boom," said Feely Antipas, who lives in Morin Heights, Que.


"I thought it was a big [boulder] coming from a big mountain, going down the hill. The noise when it stopped it was very strong."

  r( t. l# v* o4 K6 pThe ground started shaking and stopped after about 10 seconds.

In Grenville, Que., elementary school teacher Audra Goorbarry was in her classroom with her Grade 5 and 6 students when the quake struck.
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"The children were sitting at their desks and on the floor reading quietly," Goorbarry said.
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  ~( H$ o  Q8 ~"Then the expressions on their faces changed immediately, and some of them screamed out, and some of them covered their mouths. And there were a few aftershocks, so they were really excited about the rumbling after."

! E0 Y& z- T: A2 i# l5 K. d$ X* BPascal Provost said he felt the quake at his home in Repentigny around 1:30 p.m.
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"My house complained a little bit and my cat looked like it saw a ghost," Provost told CBC News's Community page.

9 O! J* w3 R, J. f8 `3 Z) IFederal quake website froze
It appeared the one casualty was the federal website intended to keep Canadians informed about earthquakes.

+ X5 S& y8 f, I: G4 D/ }Last time there was a temblor in the region, last June, it froze Earthquakes Canada's website.

& O. n' E1 K0 u6 m; SThe site was brought to its knees again Wednesday. Many visitors seeking information were greeted by blank screens and the site occasionally worked, but only intermittently after 2 p.m.

The bugs brought back memories of last year's 5.0 temblor, where the federal site was paralyzed by demand.

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