2.7 magnitude earthquake strikes north of Montreal
Some residents in Saint-Jérôme and Rawdon may have been woken up by a 2.7 magnitude earthquake Wednesday morning.
Earthquakes Canada said the quake would have been “lightly felt” by residents of those municipalities.
The earthquake struck at 7:40 a.m. northwest of Rawdon, near Chertsey, at a depth of 13 kilometres.
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Several social media users in the area appeared to suggest the earthquake was more than “lightly felt.”
“I have never felt such a big earthquake as this morning. My cats are terrified,” wrote X user @marie_qqchose.
“It was strange. We would have said it was more of an explosion than an earthquake,” added @ValetDeDeniers on X.
C’était bizarre. Nous aurions dit plutôt une détonation qu’un tremblement de terre.
