魁北克地震了！

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Earthquake shakes Quebec, Ontario
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$ x) Q7 ?/ {. a6 Z3 b" V7 @A minor earthquake has hit eastern Ontario and western Quebec, with tremors extending from the greater Montreal region to Ottawa.
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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.

3 ^3 B* Y3 @' K! {' W1 hThe 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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' Y2 r0 f2 M) W6 P1 ]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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! i( q) Y: O! D& KTemblors 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."
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- @9 b$ L) v6 @/ EThe ground started shaking and stopped after about 10 seconds.

2 p: a2 V7 J7 K' ^3 n4 `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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; q* v0 t+ s# S) k9 |* m. t  ["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."

Pascal 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.

5 }* c! \( w$ v+ m" p6 ~Federal quake website froze
It appeared the one casualty was the federal website intended to keep Canadians informed about earthquakes.

3 v; P8 ~' z0 m3 P% pLast time there was a temblor in the region, last June, it froze Earthquakes Canada's website.
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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.
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7 F+ y! o* l! b) T8 KThe bugs brought back memories of last year's 5.0 temblor, where the federal site was paralyzed by demand.

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