Most parts of southwestern Ontario might have felt the ground shake over the weekend.
According to Earthquake Canada, a 4.3 magnitude earthquake with an epicentre northeast of Cleveland, Ohio, was reportedly felt across the region around 10:45 p.m. on Sunday.
The intensity map from the National Earthquake Monitoring Authority showed that some residents felt the effects from the earthquake in London, St. Thomas, Stratford, Woodstock, Brantford, Kitchener, Guelph, Hamilton, Toronto, St. Catharines, and Niagara Falls.
The systemic event hit around 67 km east-north-east of Cleveland, and 186 km east-south-east of Detroit.
He said that with an earthquake of this size on Sunday, no damage or injuries would likely have been reported.
“This earthquake that occurred is not out of the ordinary,” Cane continued. “It is an earthquake that has occurred before and we would expect to occur given the level of seismicity that’s in the area.”
He told Global News that larger earthquakes have been reported throughout the area in past decades.
“In 1986, there was a magnitude 5.0 near Cleveland and then, more recently, in 1998, there was a magnitude 4.5 near the Ohio Pennsylvania border,” he said, adding that “a magnitude 5.0 is 10 times greater than a magnitude 4.0.”
“Historically, we don’t see damage from an earthquake until it reaches about a magnitude 5.0,” Cane said.
He advised that “when an earthquake does occur, if you start to feel the shaking, take personal protective action.”
“Generally, that’s drop, cover and hold on,” Cane said. “So drop under a desk, hold on to its leg, and that will just help prevent anything from falling on top of you as that is commonly the source of the most injuries.”
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