We’ve seen this in California, where there’s a main power failure and the backup systems weren’t adequately tied down, or designed or maintained for earthquakes.”, “The other interesting one is electrical arcing and electrocution. Epicenter at 46.509, -80.905 {* newPasswordConfirm *}, Federal, city staff review quake response, Researchers seeking public’s quake feedback, Public school damage mostly minor, but costly, 5.0 Val-des-Bois quake rattles Ottawa, eastern North America, Aimie the Tabby went to her safe place during Ottawa's quake, Quake collapses section of roof in Glebe home, Quake shakes Torontonians already rattled by G20, Video: Earthquake felt in an Ottawa apartment, Almost all city buildings open after quake, Earthquake: Add your part to the ultimate reader story, Ont., Que. Wakefield • Buildings with a wood frame (even with brick on the outside) are much stronger. But the Earth’s plates can shift at any time. bend) a brick. Of course, the vast majority of the earthquakes in both zones are only small earth trembles that are scarcely noticed except by seismographs—but not always. In Montreal, a fire started in the furnace room of St James’s Basilica owing to a broken fuel line causing $10,000-15,000 damage. “These are the elements that all come together.”. Epicenter at 47.726, -92.065 “You see burst pipes, gas leaks, fires within minutes after an earthquake occurring. Epicenter at 71.297, -71.272 at 09:29 October 09, 2020 UTC, Location: at 08:52 August 06, 2018 UTC, Location: The quake took just seconds, but the pressure behind it had been building for many years. “The other things are those huge storage racks, the floor-to-ceiling storage racks in businesses and in warehouses that can go down like dominoes. Hold tight. Are we prepared? (39.2 miles), 2006-01-03 11:05:10 UTC But a second reason bridges can collapse is odder: The beams that hold up the deck, and which sit in turn on top of columns, may not stretch out widely enough. Greater Sudbury ( Log Out /  Older bridges, generally speaking, can experience failures of the vertical columns that hold up the “deck” — the part we drive on. Fortunately, the Parliament Buildings are constructed on solid rock and are less susceptible to damage from earthquakes. Fortunately, there were no injuries and property damage was slight. Bricks from the older stores fall to the sidewalk and to the street. In other words, it released roughly 32 times more energy than the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and more than 1,000 times more energy than the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. However, studies have shown that it’s better to drop down, and cover your head preferably close to an interior wall or, better still, under a sturdy table, and wait until the shaking stops. (3.2 miles). “School gyms are notorious for being covered with concrete block without reinforcement,” he said. (3.2 miles), 1999-12-17 21:00:00 UTC Today’s posting “Earthquake!” taught me much about the 1925 earthquake. 5.0 Val-des-Bois quake rattles Ottawa, eastern North America. Camano It would stop the roof from caving in, but would not hold up the walls. at 04:41 November 01, 2020 UTC, Location: Epicenter at 46.559, -89.621 I got behind reading your postings. Epicenter at 45.044, -75.917 (6.2 miles), 2020-10-18 18:45:56 UTC Depending on the severity of the event, The Ottawa Hospital would activate its Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) to assist first responders in rescue operations and to guide recovery activities. “All around the lake, massive landslides occurred at once,” Samson said. Shawville Epicenter at 45.877, -75.498 We have enabled email notifications—you will now receive an email if you receive a reply to your comment, there is an update to a comment thread you follow or if a user you follow comments. (8.2 miles), 2014-08-05 17:54:53 UTC at 06:38 April 21, 2017 UTC, Location: 27.2 km from Over a period of “hundreds to 1,000 or so years, you expect to get a really large earthquake, magnitude 6 or greater.” One very to close 1,000 years ago caused massive landslides where the Quyon River meets the Ottawa River, and about nine other landslides east along the Ottawa for 50 or 60 kilometres. Although details are sketchy, newspapers attributed the deaths of two women to the earthquake, one in Trois-Rivières and another in Toronto, due to fright. Reader submitted video taken by University of Ottawa professor Michael Strangelove of the earthquake's effect on his aquarium. “People will have to be self-sustaining,” which is unlike our modern North American experience. It reads a lot like this. at 06:25 October 02, 2015 UTC, Location: (9.2 miles), 1998-03-09 05:05:58 UTC Epicenter at 48.14, -123.877 A section of Union Station’s roof was damaged and many windows were broken. (8.2 miles), 2020-10-24 21:10:08 UTC Epicenter at 48.423, -83.287, 2014-08-05 18:15:31 UTC Ploeger’s survey found that 45 per cent of Ottawa’s historic core is made of these types of buildings. On the Modified Mercalli Index, which measures an earthquake’s intensity or effects as opposed to the amount of energy released, the earthquake reached level VIII (severe) (out of ten grades) in the area close to the epicentre. at 22:32 October 22, 2020 UTC, Location: We know the Ottawa area could face a substantial earthquake because it has happened before: In Cornwall in 1944, when a midnight earthquake damaged hundreds of buildings; in Témiscaming in 1935; in Montreal in 1732. Please check your inbox and follow the instructions to confirm your email. Imagine a big bowl full of Jell-O, he says. Vancouver and Victoria are Canada’s most earthquake-prone cities. Epicenter at 49.401, -120.551 If you put a tiny house from a Monopoly game on top of the Jell-O, it will be shaken more than the same tiny house in a bowl alone. In Sandy Hill and down in the ByWard Market, some walls of old brick homes and stores give way. It also sits on 30 metres of soft “Leda” clay, which is extra-sensitive to shaking. at 19:04 May 09, 2020 UTC, Location: at 18:15 August 05, 2014 UTC, Location: (79.2 miles), 2012-09-22 16:10:41 UTC The 1906 quake is estimated to have had a magnitude of 7.9 Mw. Ploeger studies earthquakes. 8.2 km from (3.2 miles), 2015-09-30 01:14:16 UTC Anacortes Ploeger is reluctant to give numbers of casualties in the event that an earthquake hits the capital, but she knows what patterns would likely emerge. To meet the capacity challenges, units would then assess current staffing levels, call back staff and plan accordingly to staff for long-term incidents.”. (2.2 miles), 2015-02-12 12:04:28 UTC at 19:07 October 27, 2020 UTC, Location: (8.2 miles), 2016-03-22 02:59:58 UTC Epicenter at 48.442, -83.266 Princeton In a crowded place, take cover when you won’t be trampled. A 6.2 Mw earthquake is almost 16 times bigger than a 5 Mw earthquake and is 63 times stronger in terms of energy released. You would also likely see more damage on pockets of deep, soft clay. Even with the modest earthquake of 2010, “We lost phone service because of saturation,” Ploeger says. (36.2 miles), 1998-05-25 15:47:02 UTC His giant, piston-driven wall-shaker increases its force steadily. at 16:50 August 22, 2011 UTC, Location: Much of central-eastern Canada is covered by the Canadian Shield, a massive, ancient, and stable rock formation that makes up the interior of the North American Plate. OTTAWA -- A minor earthquake rattled the Ottawa Valley this weekend. Today’s posting “Earthquake!” taught me much about the 1925 earthquake. Iroquois Falls That puts it on the same risk level as another ice storm, or a severe summer storm (which can bring tornadoes). So, what would happen if we had the Big One tomorrow? “You can glue it on the surface of masonry walls and they perform beautifully during earthquakes. Your existing password has not been changed. James. 3. All information you need to know about Ottawa. 4.2 km from Employees of various businesses at Bayshore Shopping Mall talk about their experiences during the earthquake experienced today in Ottawa. The ByWard Market, all of those buildings that are kind of one- to five-storey walk-up buildings.”, “You might see some of those buildings collapsing.”. The Western Quebec Seismic Zone. Conditions were quite alarming for a time at their operating room on the roof of the Jackson building, one hundred and twelve feet above Bank Street. that China is building for the 2008 Olympic Summer Games. Your password has been successfully updated. Because you can have the wires just be dislodged a little bit and it can cause fires, or if there’s a burst water pipe and arcing then you have electrocution.”. Epicenter at 45.99, -75.61 All it takes is some falling blocks indoors, or a partially collapsed wall. at 05:05 March 09, 1998 UTC, Location: Babbitt 58.2 km from (5.2 miles), 2013-02-19 04:59:44 UTC 5.2 km from Epicenter at 48.559, -122.608 Some of the reports from across Eastern North America that have been sent into the Ottawa Citizen about Wednesday afternoon's earthquake. —————————, 1925. 13.2 km from But both scales measure the magnitude of the earth’s movement as detected by a seismograph on a logarithmic scale. According to The Globe newspaper, the arena vibrated violently. Epicenter at 46.499, -80.912 at 12:04 February 12, 2015 UTC, Location: 11.2 km from {* signInEmailAddress *} Earthquakes Canada,” http://www.earthquakescanada.ca/index-en.php. A stone church in St Hilarion, Quebec also collapsed. We didn't recognize that password reset code. “So, the paramedic service has an emergency plan, and part of (it) is to deal with the surge in call volume. Three tectonic plates, the Explorer, the Juan de Fuca and the Gorda, are moving east under the North American plate. Please enter your email below, and we'll resend the instructions for email verification. The outside wall may just fall on the street, but it won’t be as critical as load-carrying members (structural pieces) coming down.”, Western University’s Gail Atkinson agrees: “The real hazard in a city like Ottawa, and the same is true in Montreal, is a lot of older buildings. One tool for interpreting our earthquake risk is the new ability to find evidence of big quakes dating back thousands of years, or “paleoearthquakes.”. It doesn’t have to be a 9.2.”. Samson works with Gregory Brooks of Natural Resources Canada, a geomorphologist who has developed a new technique. Val-des-Monts (31.2 miles), 2019-05-12 13:10:54 UTC A welcome email is on its way. A strong earthquake centred in Val-des-Bois, Que., shook Eastern North America Wednesday afternoon. The Atlantic Ocean formed once long ago, but closed up as continents shifted. The 1925 earthquake lasted ten minutes or longer in some locales, though tremors apparently continued for several hours, keeping anxious citizens awake through the night wondering whether a still larger quake was still to come. We've sent you an email with instructions to create a new password.

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