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Earthquake and Tornado in Ontario!

By
Real Estate Agent with Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc, Kitchener-Waterloo ON

By Warren McNeil,

Yesterday around 1:40 we had an earthquake here in Ontario. I didn't feel it because I was driving to aEarthquake in Ontario showing appointment. However if you Google Ontario Earthquake you will see many accounts of the earthquake from different people.

According to reports the earthquake was originally reported as a magnitude  5.5 but later was downgraded to 5.0..

"...buildings shaking in Toronto and Ottawa and all points in between and it's as far west as Kitchener and possibly down into the London area as well, which is about a 7 hundred kilometre wide swath across Southern Ontario. I'm also hearing reports from Montreal from people who felt this which is another 2 hundred kilometres east of Ottawa..."

Then only a few hours later,Midland Ontario was hammered with a tornado. Midland was under a state of emergency and Smiths trailerpark and car dealerships were heavily hit.

I hope everyone is ok and nobody got hurt!

Check out this news report covering the devastation of the Tornado.

 

Brian Madigan
RE/MAX West Realty Inc., Brokerage (Toronto) - Toronto, ON
LL.B., Broker

Warrne and Melanie,

 

This is the time of year that we get tornadoes, but earthquakes are very rare.

I was in the car too, so I missed it.

 

Brian

Jun 25, 2010 12:47 AM
Janice Ankrett
Burlington, ON
Staging Professional

I didn't feel a thing in my area but others did. Why is it always the trailer parks that get hit? They are so easily damaged.

Jun 25, 2010 04:32 AM