Earthquake in Ottawa

[Pippy]

There was no damage anywhere in the city to speak of, although the little town over top where the quake happened got it pretty bad. We felt it, and there was no mistaking or missing it. It was long enough to hold on to the walls and think "oh, shit" about 20 or 25 times... The last few jolts were serious, shit flew off walls, shit fell of the fridge. There was this strange sensation that the floor under you was almost liquid. It was neat now that it's over, but I'm not gonna say I wasn't shitting myself. All the others I've heard (this is an active area) are higher in pitch, like a vibration. This was oscillating slower, we (and many others I've talked to) thought it was the dryer fucking up for the first second, it was that rhythm. And some people heard a crack or a boom, we did not in the house. Hooray tectonics!