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Earthquake shakes Quebec, Ontario
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: m+ S" [1 V  \A minor earthquake has hit eastern Ontario and western Quebec, with tremors extending from the greater Montreal region to Ottawa.

5 Q( a% |7 s; M8 d4 C: U2 |/ r, lCOMMUNITY: 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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The 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.
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" e- G7 }$ M; m$ @) RIt later issued a release saying the quake also didn't affect any of the major nuclear facilities in the region.
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Temblors were reported in the Laurentians, across Montreal, in Cornwall and in Ottawa.
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"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."
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7 U4 Y* x" T% s) x5 T8 ]5 fThe ground started shaking and stopped after about 10 seconds.
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6 P  [; O7 g* e4 {  H: BIn 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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& X; x$ ?) ]) G3 ?"The children were sitting at their desks and on the floor reading quietly," Goorbarry said.
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"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."

3 S8 I. ]% A# e3 ~2 n3 v+ n2 gPascal Provost said he felt the quake at his home in Repentigny around 1:30 p.m.

& Y3 W6 q$ e  C; p' _' K"My house complained a little bit and my cat looked like it saw a ghost," Provost told CBC News's Community page.
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Federal quake website froze
It appeared the one casualty was the federal website intended to keep Canadians informed about earthquakes.

Last time there was a temblor in the region, last June, it froze Earthquakes Canada's website.
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' k: x7 @$ ?* J1 }$ N5 f" ~The 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.

9 k$ N% I( }( b2 {0 |% V4 K/ n- \The bugs brought back memories of last year's 5.0 temblor, where the federal site was paralyzed by demand.

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