There was an Earthquake here in Ottawa this afternoon. It happened just before 2 PM, and it was stronger than the last one from a few years ago for sure. I sat here and watched my monitors dance on my desk, while my chair gave me a little ride. 
Here’s the report from the USGS site. They say it was a magnitude 5 earthquake, but they had it listed as 5.5 at first, while I heard some sources said it was 5.7. I don’t know, but it seemed a bit stronger than just 5 to me, maybe even as much as 6 at one point. There was no damage in my lair, though. Some of the picture frames in the house are a bit crooked now, but that’s about all it did that I can see.
I would post a link to the Earthquake Report from the government of Canada as well, but their website can’t handle the load. It was down since the earthquake hit, which is strange because I don’t think that many people would know about it. They need more server capacity. Cellular phone service is also down, according to reports. Not enough capacity there either. This makes me wonder. What if this had been a more serious earthquake?
Comment by Ogre — July 1, 2010 @ 1:36 PM
Sounds like you had fun
I remember maybe like four years back when we had a small earthquake happen down here. My chair was shaking like it was possessed. Weird thing was though, nothing else really seemed to move.