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Earthquake shakes Quebec, Ontario

2 U, I* B; N3 o. KA 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.
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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.

It later issued a release saying the quake also didn't affect any of the major nuclear facilities in the region.

Temblors were reported in the Laurentians, across Montreal, in Cornwall and in Ottawa.

1 y' e+ P8 y7 ]3 v4 _7 F"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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"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."

/ @/ `$ F& V8 DThe ground started shaking and stopped after about 10 seconds.
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1 @. U1 X( w) n, y7 BIn 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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  B8 f% x4 N6 r, b# P"The children were sitting at their desks and on the floor reading quietly," Goorbarry said.
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& Z& C( X% @. E, q0 }* w( h" O"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."

2 w5 }! D8 z, E. Y6 p+ @' ]) @# QPascal Provost said he felt the quake at his home in Repentigny around 1:30 p.m.

6 v5 \3 d/ z# Y- ~! m6 J"My house complained a little bit and my cat looked like it saw a ghost," Provost told CBC News's Community page.

/ Q) M, `7 N6 k) KFederal quake website froze
2 s; ~& m1 H! N* ~* sIt appeared the one casualty was the federal website intended to keep Canadians informed about earthquakes.

  ~6 V% j6 Y. P( f3 \Last time there was a temblor in the region, last June, it froze Earthquakes Canada's website.
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+ z9 b5 ^- W$ 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.

The bugs brought back memories of last year's 5.0 temblor, where the federal site was paralyzed by demand.

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