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Earthquake shakes Quebec, Ontario

A minor earthquake has hit eastern Ontario and western Quebec, with tremors extending from the greater Montreal region to Ottawa.
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% A& c# k+ B; v, @COMMUNITY: Did you feel the quake: Send us your stories, photos and videos
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+ _+ S- M/ u' ^: ~! @1 M+ RNatural 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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/ \# z. Q: K, V& FIt 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.

/ |9 ?  U5 O! M* C* C" {6 B"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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6 l' ^$ `" l; p7 M& ["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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The ground started shaking and stopped after about 10 seconds.

8 _# d0 t5 K: @, pIn 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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. d% W! J- w, e7 b5 s3 l"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."

+ n0 l3 P( e9 l% j" _  T9 V8 kPascal Provost said he felt the quake at his home in Repentigny around 1:30 p.m.
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5 X# a  h' w) A2 T"My house complained a little bit and my cat looked like it saw a ghost," Provost told CBC News's Community page.

1 J4 K/ c' B2 xFederal quake website froze
It appeared the one casualty was the federal website intended to keep Canadians informed about earthquakes.
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Last time there was a temblor in the region, last June, it froze Earthquakes Canada's website.

7 R5 S/ ~# C* ^; @/ h: U* eThe 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.

6 `3 v3 z8 ^, Z* ZThe bugs brought back memories of last year's 5.0 temblor, where the federal site was paralyzed by demand.

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