Southern Quebec was rocked by a 3.7 magnitude earthquake at 11:03 a.m. on Wednesday.
The epicentre of the earthquake was located nine kilometers south-east of Bedford, in the Montérégie region, close to the U.S. border and 73 kilometres southeast of Montreal.
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Earthquakes Canada reports, the quake, at a depth of 18 kilometres, was strongly felt in southern Quebec.
The earthquake provoked a series of comments on social networks including in Frelighsburg, located just 16 kilometres from Bedford.
“Did we just have an earthquake?” asked one user on a public Facebook group page. “Two big booms were felt on Verger Modèle Road.”
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“I thought something had hit my house,” replied another.
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Earthquakes Canada confirmed on its website “there were no reports of damage and none would be expected.”
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