5.1 Earthquake near Shawville Shakes Toronto, Quebec, Ottawa Valley

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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According to initial reports from Earthquake Canada, the earthquake which recently shook Quebec at 9:43 a.m. on Friday was of 5.1 magnitudes and originated 21 kilometres northeast of Shawville, Que. A seismologist at Earthquake Canada, John Adams, reported that the minor earthquake “started in a pretty unpopulated area . . . we don’t expect there to be much damage.” He admitted that the quake might have been felt as far as Waterloo, and it was quickly followed by a 4.2-magnitude aftershock almost 10 minutes later.

Adams shared his suspicion of hundreds of tremors to follow the earthquake, majority of which will be observed near the epicentre in the Quebec side of the Ottawa Valley, although he assured that there are mere 2 per cent chances of a larger earthquake. On the other hand, the U.S. Geological Survey reported a 5.0 magnitude earthquake to have originated almost 25 kilometres north-northeast of Shawville, Que. USGS website recorded the epicenter to be five kilometres deep. The last earthquake in the area was a 5.0 magnitude in June 2010, referring to which Adams alleged that “for Ottawa to be shaken twice in about three years is a little unusual.”

Reports gathered from social media websites, mainly Twitter, showed that the earthquake was felt in Toronto, Ottawa, Barrie and even Huron, Ohio. A political reporter, Susan Delacourt, tweeted that “If you put ‘and then there was an earthquake’ in a piece of fiction about this week, the editor would cut it out as unbelievable.”