魁北克地震了！

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Earthquake shakes Quebec, Ontario
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/ \! L, j: ]  C$ x2 GA minor earthquake has hit eastern Ontario and western Quebec, with tremors extending from the greater Montreal region to Ottawa.
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, w5 ]2 S) u0 {: A9 O2 D# o7 lCOMMUNITY: Did you feel the quake: Send us your stories, photos and videos

0 c4 Q! s2 @; o+ v  }* ]/ M* |7 V* O4 wNatural 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.

) ], c! Z. ]  n( \; ?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.
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( D  b% ~" D  I' Y9 U, s; N5 M% _3 uIt later issued a release saying the quake also didn't affect any of the major nuclear facilities in the region.
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* I' Z7 N' U9 W- n% u: BTemblors were reported in the Laurentians, across Montreal, in Cornwall and in Ottawa.

$ r& f, ~8 r8 `+ S  c"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."
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The ground started shaking and stopped after about 10 seconds.

: q7 L: f2 ]. o4 m! Y9 |7 xIn Grenville, Que., elementary school teacher Audra Goorbarry was in her classroom with her Grade 5 and 6 students when the quake struck.

"The children were sitting at their desks and on the floor reading quietly," Goorbarry said.
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"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."
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0 [- u" _, H$ {, `' UPascal Provost said he felt the quake at his home in Repentigny around 1:30 p.m.

3 J6 C% o8 m! |& b"My house complained a little bit and my cat looked like it saw a ghost," Provost told CBC News's Community page.

+ o- p% _) O# y# `! }" ?Federal quake website froze
( i% t9 I" K! w% K! b6 c1 a: Z) ]It appeared the one casualty was the federal website intended to keep Canadians informed about earthquakes.

8 c4 k0 b7 O- p% MLast time there was a temblor in the region, last June, it froze Earthquakes Canada's website.
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The 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.

0 g4 ^) s, E- O: Y/ @The bugs brought back memories of last year's 5.0 temblor, where the federal site was paralyzed by demand.

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