Ontario and Quebec residents shaken by the magnitude 5.0 earthquake last week are being asked to share their experiences with a federal research project.
The epicentre of the June 23 earthquake was about 50 kilometres north of Ottawa, and it was felt across southern and eastern Ontario and western Quebec, as well as in some U.S. states, including Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, New Jersey and New York.
Greg Brooks, a research scientist with the Geological Survey of Canada at the Department of Natural Resources in Ottawa, said it’s rare for an earthquake of that magnitude to happen in a highly populated area, so scientists are taking advantage of that.
“This is a fantastic opportunity to get feedback from the public … so we can look at the patterns of shaking throughout the Ottawa area,” he said.
He is encouraging people in the Ottawa area and beyond to fill out a questionnaire on the department’s Earthquakes Canada website about where they were and how they felt during the earthquake. Questions ask how long the shaking lasted, whether objects fell off shelves and what type of damage there was to the building they were in.
“This helps us better understand how the geology of the area reacts to seismic shaking,” he added.
via CBC News – Ottawa – Earthquake survey maps that shaking feeling.
