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Earthquake shakes Quebec, Ontario

  J0 Y  {) _' }- X. ~5 U2 ~A minor earthquake has hit eastern Ontario and western Quebec, with tremors extending from the greater Montreal region to Ottawa.

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# F+ a+ c, F1 u5 V' w* XNatural 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.

! Y7 ?4 _. C; z# ^. L* i* nIt later issued a release saying the quake also didn't affect any of the major nuclear facilities in the region.
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- u. S' s- Q2 s) r, A7 Y: VTemblors 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.
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3 W% c' m" A4 B) F5 [* l& ]"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."

% _6 L/ J" t; m; `7 e' nThe ground started shaking and stopped after about 10 seconds.

5 z" f# U$ g: |' W: O& _. x+ AIn 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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$ M# Q5 h/ p) Y2 \" ]/ p& {' D"The children were sitting at their desks and on the floor reading quietly," Goorbarry said.

' T. y9 m9 u% c# ]( n"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."

4 P4 g3 N' B! B" o/ ~Pascal Provost said he felt the quake at his home in Repentigny around 1:30 p.m.

"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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0 r3 ?# L& ^# `0 r3 l9 dFederal quake website froze
It appeared the one casualty was the federal website intended to keep Canadians informed about earthquakes.
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7 z3 i! R1 F( [  u9 `Last time there was a temblor in the region, last June, it froze Earthquakes Canada's website.
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, k5 K: c1 j; {: UThe 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.
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The bugs brought back memories of last year's 5.0 temblor, where the federal site was paralyzed by demand.

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