Toronto and parts of Canada and the entire east coast of North America felt the quake.
Awaiting reports!
Hope it has nothing to do with 2012 and wish there were no causalities.
Update 1 : Cleveland. New York. Toronto. Montreal. All felt it and are reporting it via twitter. Cell phone network is busy.
Update 2 : location at Ontario-Quebec border region, Canada. Magnitude 5.5
Source : google.com
Update 3: Wikipedia already has an entry - Click here
Update 4: CNN, yet to report as breaking news. Though there are updates on Twitter, it is yet to become a trend. Sad that Vuvuzela has a place in the top 10 twitter list. Someone please ban that thing!
Update 5: News Update - Source
There are reports of unusual ground shaking in various parts of Ontario and Quebec, including Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal. The Toronto newsroom of The Globe and Mail shook just before 1:45 p.m. EDT. The Ottawa newsroom was evacuated at about 1:43 p.m.Update 6 : News - Source
Twitter users as distant as Springfield, Massachusetts and Traverse City, Michigan reported feeling tremors. A Globe reporter in Montreal said that city also shook.
The earthquake rattled buildings in Ottawa, where the streets are crowded with office workers who evacuated their workplaces.
An eyewitness saw items flying off the shelves at a pharmacy in Gatineau, QC.
“We felt the building shake. It was actually it was pretty serious. It was definitely the strongest quake that I ever felt,” said Dennis Choquette, a Globe and Mail online editor based in Ottawa.
The shaking lasted about 15 seconds, Mr. Choquette said.
The severity of the earthquake is not yet known. It is not yet known whether there have been any reports of injuries.
There are reports a minor earthquake shook buildings across upstate New York and into Canada and Vermont. There are no reports of any serious damage.Update 7 : Details about the earthquake confirmed by the seismologist. Source.
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