Magnitude 5.0 earthquake rumbles Quebec-Ontario border

A magnitude-5.0 earthquake struck the Ontario-Quebec border area – 60 kilometers north of Ottawa – at 1:42 p.m. on June 23, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
Natural Resources Canada confirmed the earthquake on its Web site: “June 23, 1:45 pm Eastern Time – A moderate earthquake has occurred in the Ottawa-Montreal region.” No further information was available as of press time.
“This earthquake occurred near the southern edge of the Western Quebec Seismic Zone,” the USGS reports. “Earthquakes within this zone are mostly small.
“They tend to cluster in a wide area that is slightly elongated northwest-southeast.
“Historically, earthquakes in the Western Quebec Seismic Zone have caused damage roughly once a decade. Three or four smaller events each year are felt in the region but are generally too small to cause damage.”
Within minutes of the shaking, Twitter users reported they had felt the tremors in Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Kitchener. Reports of tremors extended into U.S. cities including Chicago, Cleveland, Rochester, Vermont and New York City.
No damage has been confirmed as yet. Reports on Twitter included a roof coming off a church in Quebec, a blown-out office window in Ottawa, minor damage to public schools in the Ottawa area and a bridge closure in Quebec.
Crawford & Company (Canada) Inc., ClaimsPro and the Insurance Bureau of Canada have received no reports of damage as yet.