[McAllister]

Globe & Mail:

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.

Various reports on Twitter suggest the earthquake was felt as far away as Ohio, New York and Michigan. A Globe reporter in Montreal said that city also shook.

The earthquake shook buildings in Ottawa, where the streets are crowded with office workers who evacuated their workplaces.

“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.

More to come

[McAllister]

Globe & Mail:

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit central Canada this afternoon, rattling buildings from Windsor to Montreal and several U.S. states.

The epicentre of the quake was in Quebec, 61 kilometres north of Ottawa, according to U.S. Geological Survey, and struck at 1:41 p.m.EDT.

The Ottawa newsroom was evacuated at about 1:43 p.m. The Toronto newsroom also shook.

Environment Minister Jim Prentice was doing an interview with CTV at its Ottawa bureau on the 14th floor of the World Exchange Plaza in downtown Ottawa when the tremour struck.

"I was on the air and suddenly my chair was moving," he said afterwards. "Fortunately I was at the end."

The sidewalks quickly filled with workers who decided to evacuate their buildings.

Twitter users as far away as Springfield, Mass. and Traverse City, Mich. reported feeling tremors. A Globe reporter in Montreal said that city also shook.

Within minutes of the tremour, cellphone service in Ottawa was down, possibly because callers had overloaded the system, though the exact cause was not known.

A spokesperson for Toronto EMS said that they've received no calls about any injuries in Toronto.

[Krylian]

Brian Burke must've gotten a proposal for Kaberle that he REALLY didn't like.

[Gwynasyn]

I was outside doing chores for about an hour, and when I came back in I had frantic messages from my friend about how there was an earthquake and the aftershocks hit here. Now I know how the Blue Jays who were in the field felt in San Diego when everyone was freaking out about the quake but they couldn't feel a thing

[Jordan]

I didn't feel a thing.

[LBB]

I felt nothing here in Windsor, but I was also going crazy due to the vuvuzellas.

[GolsonMoldon]

Tornado just hit in Midland causing severe damage. Roofs blown off, trees uprooted and the always hit trailer park in the middle of town. Tornado warnings have been issued from Collingwood to Barrie to Midland and Penetange.

This post has been edited by GolsonMoldon: 23 June 2010 - 08:01 PM

[Gwynasyn]

Thank god I live in Mississauga. When they say nothing interesting ever happens here, they're not just talking about big concerts or parties

[Bryan]

I was sitting on my balcony in Peterborough and the building started to, well, wiggle. At least that's the best way to describe it. No frantic shaking or anything, but it felt more like I was on a boat than concrete lol

[Ryan]

I felt an earthquake the other day where I'm staying in the barracks at CFB Gagetown too.
But I think that may have just been my Company Sergeant Major coming up the stairs...