Thursday, April 25, 2024 | St. Lawrence County, NY
An earthquake centered in Quebec rattled parts of the North Country this afternoon. "My house shook pretty good in Massena walking both dogs and getting them barking for awhile, but I could feel the …
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An earthquake centered in Quebec rattled parts of the North Country this afternoon.
"My house shook pretty good in Massena walking both dogs and getting them barking for awhile, but I could feel the floor shaking for awhile pretty good," said Gary Trippany of Massena.
He said he felt shaking at about 1:37 p.m. and that his house shook for about 45 seconds.
The quake was reported in the Potsdam and Canton areas.
The U.S. Geological Survey earthquakes web page at http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/ reports the small earthquake was recorded in the vicinity of Ottawa today, rated at above magnitude 3.
The site shows a magnitude 3.7 quake recorded at 17:36:56 Greenwich Mean Time, or just about when Trippany says he felt shaking.
The USGS plots the epicenter of the quake at latitude 45.571N and longitude 74.547W, 29 miles west-southwest of Mirabel, Quebec, with the actual fracture about 5.3 kilometers or 3 miles under the surface.
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