Earthquakes Canada says a small earthquake was detected near Gatineau Monday afternoon.
EARTHQUAKE Mag=3.3 on 14 Aug at 16:58 EDT.
— Earthquakes Canada (@CANADAquakes) August 14, 2017
Details : https://t.co/SDjFJJRZVp
16 km NNW of Buckingham, QC
29 km NE of Gatineau, QC
At this time, there are no reports of damage, and Earthquakes Canada says none would be expected.
The minor tremblor was felt just before 5:00 p.m.
Local residents took to Twitter to say they felt the ground shake.
Felt earthquake in Orleans, ON
— Bill the Science Guy (@Spring_Mojo) August 14, 2017
Small earthquake in East Ottawa.
— Sarah Meaghan (@sarahmeaghang) August 14, 2017
My dog and cat were unperturbed.
There were 2, we felt both of them. Not more than 30 mins apart but I wasn't timing it Felt like a really big truck went by in Masson-Angers
— Melanie Wills (@pjhawtie) August 14, 2017
