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2013-01-25 at 16:43

Small earthquake gently greets North Shore residents

By tbnewswatch.com
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Residents on the North Shore may have felt a big bump this afternoon.

Officials with Earthquakes Canada confirmed that there was a minor earthquake registering 2.3 in magnitude. The tremor hit just before 2 p.m., about halfway between Nipigon and Schreiber.

One resident on Lake Helen said it felt like a car hitting the building.

This was the third minor quake in the region this month, following one near the Lac Des Iles mine on Jan. 8, and one near Pickle Lake on Jan. 19.

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razor_burn says:
Yeah that's called the ground shifting because it's been so cold. There was no earthquake. Nice try.
1/25/2013 7:19:22 PM
Tom Sanderson says:
That is one good reason to not allow the storage of nuclear waste in this region. Ground fractures rupture containers and say good bye to this part of the world as it will become uninhabitable.
1/26/2013 10:40:46 AM
Me n My Opinion says:
That's exactly my concern - has been for a long time. If I remember correctly, it's Schreiber and Ignace who have expressed interest in housing this waste. I understand their motivation for this, as they could both desparately use the development, but hopefully this event makes them think twice. Dryden has had more than one small earthquake in recent memory. That's awful close to Ignace, and now this one along the North Shore. Ignace and Schreiber both look like scary spots for nuclear waste in my opinion.
1/28/2013 2:45:11 PM
rootbear says:
Gulp! Is this normal or common? Minor or not, mother earth seems to be getting unstable day by day.
1/26/2013 10:41:29 AM
glass half full says:
I remember when i was in school, my teacher said we would never see an earthquake in NWO.

The cycle of the earth is simply amazing to me.


Glass is half full - Mother Nature is amazing
1/26/2013 11:27:40 AM
eddylives says:
razorburn would you care to educate the rest of us as to what an earthquake is??
Lmao please use one of the many search engines avaiable on the net to educate yourself before commenting on topics in the future.

razor_burn says:Reply to this comment.
Yeah that's called the ground shifting because it's been so cold. There was no earthquake. Nice try.

Too funny thanks for the laugh.....I look forward to future comments lmfao
1/27/2013 10:13:00 AM
razor_burn says:
Hahaha. Silly child.
2/2/2013 3:15:22 AM
jay-ded says:
Ok...a 2.3 felt like a car hitting a building? That's a bit of an exaggeration. I've been in a few quakes - at 4.6, the only reason I knew we were in a quake was because I could hear our pictures hitting the wall. In the low 5-range, there was definite rocking, but it was nothing to be concerned about. Anything milder than 3.0 is not generally felt. To put it into perspective, the USGS map of recent earthquakes, does not register this little exaggerated blip.
1/28/2013 2:01:01 AM
moi says:
I agree with your points jay-ded,nothing more than a little exaggerated blip.
The headline leaves alot to be desired...
"..gently greets.." is sort of like being just a little pregnant.Perhaps the author of the article could explain how an earthquake could *gently* greet people,as opposed to say something like a "hearty handshake hello".LOL.
1/28/2013 9:51:56 AM
tsb says:
People in the immediate vicinity would have felt it, even if it were as low as 1.9. The seimic events in Paipoonge township in 2008 were around 2.0 and all of them were felt, their epicentres were very close to homes. They weren't felt more than a few kilometers from where they happened though.

These aren't really earthquakes in the traditional sense. It is glacial rebound. After being compressed for thousands of years under ice, the ground is slowly lifting back up over time. Northern Ontario is actually quite seismically active compared to the prairies.

1/28/2013 12:13:54 PM
Ranma says:
What affect would these have on the potential mines in the area? That is a big concern.
1/29/2013 11:29:05 PM
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