A weak earthquake was reported near the municipality of Pointe-Calumet off the northwest corner of the island of Montreal on Saturday morning.
Earthquakes Canada reported a magnitude 2.9 earthquake around 5 a.m. that struck about 10 kilometers underground.
A dozen people reported they “felt it” on the Earthquake Canada site, and about three dozen felt it and reported it on the US Geological Survey site.
“It went on for a second or two,” a Twitter user wrote in response to the tremor. “It felt like a wave rolling under me, moving from one side of the house to the other.”
Earthquake just in Montreal? It went on for a second or two. It felt like a wave rolling under me, moving from one side of the house to the other.
— Victor Yap (@VictorYap) January 7, 2023
Seismologist Stephen Crane said Resources Canada analysts detect about 1,500 earthquakes a year in eastern Canada.
“Of these, only a handful would be felt by the general public,” he said. “Many of them are much smaller or in remote locations where they are not felt.”
He said earthquakes do not follow any seasonal patterns.
“They can occur at any time of the year,” Crain said. “They’re not really driven by time.”
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