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Witness location : Mascouche (Canada) (7 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

Feels like something hits the ground, then noise for like 10 sec.

Witness location : Mascouche (Canada) (9 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

House was shaking, lasted less than ten seconds. Started strong then got weaker.

Witness location : Mascouche (Canada) (10 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Boom

Witness location : Repentigny (Canada) (11 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 49 min

It felt like a sudden crack in the Earth's crust.  My wife tought it was an explosion.  It was very brief.

Witness location : L'Assomption (Canada) (12 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Grondement pendant une dizaine de secondes

Witness location : Saint-Lin-Laurentides (Canada) (12 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 319 min

Woke me up

Witness location : Terrebonne (Canada) (12 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

There was a loud boom followed by mild shaking for less than a minute.

Witness location : Repentigny (Canada) (12 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Loud noise

Witness location : Terrebonne (Canada) (12 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

The whole house shook for about 7 seconds until a huge bang! Then shook for maybe 3 more seconds and it ended. Awesome experience

Witness location : Repentigny (Canada) (12 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 39 min

I head what sounded like an explosion BOOM and then there was a shock wave. No shaking. I thought that maybe something had blown up!!

Witness location : St-Esprit (Canada) (12 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

3:21 am tremblement terre saint esprit Québec sa fait un gros bruit

Witness location : Terrebonne (Canada) (13 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

Woke me up! How can it be @3h20 a.m again????? Mathematically impossible

Witness location : Terrebonne (Canada) (13 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

Loud noise and shaking, like a big truck passed by the house, cat miawoed

Witness location : St-Esprit (Canada) (14 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 33 min

Même mon gris d’afrique à ressenti la secousse. Il est tomber dans le fond de ça cage et moi je suis sortie dehors pour voir si un auto avait rentrer dans ma maison.

Witness location : St-Alexis (Canada) (14 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 33 min

Woke me up wood stove was rattling with a rumble noise for about 5 seconds

Witness location : Laval (Canada) (14 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

It was More about the duration than about the strength

Witness location : Terrebonne (Canada) (15 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 34 min

Woke me up in Terrebonne. Lasted 5 sec+

Witness location : Montreal (Canada) (16 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

0319 local time

Witness location : Laval (Canada) (18 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

After experiencing a 5.2 magnitude in Italy in 2018, this one definitely woke us up with a scare.

Witness location : Montreal (Canada) (18 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

My windows were shaking i felt like a truck was hitting my house

Witness location : Montreal (Canada) (20 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Watching tv in the basement at a low volume, the vibration and humming of the quake felt quite louder.

Witness location : St-Paul (Canada) (20 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

House shook and ground rumbled and moved. Dog freaked out.

Witness location : Montreal (Canada) (20 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

We were sleeping and suddenly being waken up, since both my wife and me felt the house shaking,or maybe I should say shaked, in very short period, couple seconds maximum. I checked my house around through the window, no car hit my house, no nearby explosion. So I guess it was an earthquake.

Witness location : Terrebonne (Canada) (21 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1957 min

Je me sui réveillé et j’ai senti comme 2 vibrations

Witness location : Montreal (Canada) (21 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Woke up from the rattling and noise

Witness location : Bois-des-Filion (Canada) (22 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 44 min

It "crescendoed" in intensity for about five seconds, maintained its force for about three, and then diminished for a couple of other seconds. It probably lasted around ten to fifteen seconds. It felt long when it happened and quick when it finished.

Witness location : St-Paul (Canada) (22 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 67 min

Une petite vibration qui ma réveillé à 3:21 ou 22 .

Witness location : Montreal (Canada) (22 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 62 min

J’ai sentie un lourd grondement et des grosse vibration (comme celle que ferrais un téléphone) sous le sol. Je pensais que peut-être la tuyauterie de ville aurait explosé.

Witness location : Lorraine (Canada) (23 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 34 min

Hear my Window Shake

Witness location : Laval (Canada) (23 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

Un grondement suivi d'un bruit fort. Comme sur le toit de la maison.

Witness location : Laval (Canada) (23 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 45 min

Very strong one. Big sound at first, last 10 seconds. Everyone woke up.

Witness location : Montreal (Canada) (24 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 31 min

Was down in basement. Sounded like a big truck slam. Wasn't sure where the rattle was coming from ie neighbour or outside. More of a noise then movement.

Witness location : Montreal (Canada) (24 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 30 min

3:21am i felt the soft rumbling then there was a loud bang and rumble and it faded away... lasted maybe 15 seconds.. cray cray

Witness location : Laval (Canada) (24 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 471 min

J’étais au lit et j’ai crue qu’il y avait quelques chose qui avait explosé

Witness location : Lorraine (Canada) (24 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Enough to wake me up from sleep

Witness location : Montreal (Canada) (24 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

Was sudden and lasted about two seconds.

Witness location : Montreal (Canada) (24 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

Felt good 10 second shake, house was making noises. It woke me up.

Witness location : Lavaltrie (Canada) (24 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 65 min

Entendu un très gros boom

Witness location : Laval (Canada) (24 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

Sounded like 2 large explosions where I am located.

Witness location : Lavaltrie (Canada) (25 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Felt like a bomb detonating in the distance woke me up instantly

Witness location : Laval (Canada) (25 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

Bruit sourd comme si un train venait de frapper une maison, suivi d'un tremblement

Witness location : Laval (Canada) (25 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

It's been long since it has been this strong

Witness location : Montreal (Canada) (25 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

it was definitely a earthquake here in montreal-nord i felt it i called my friends in Laval the felt it too

Witness location : Montréal (Canada) (25 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 186 min

Jais resenti une vibration sous mes pieds Durand. De 5 a 7 seconde je demeure aux 3 étages a Montreal nord. Ses. La deuxième fois. Ce mois. Ici une a 3 h 04. Et l'autre. A 3h21

Witness location : Montreal (Canada) (25 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Huge vibrating felt as if my tenant upstairs was blasting his washing machine or something

Witness location : Montreal (Canada) (26 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 35 min

It started really hard and became faint at the end. The noise it made was so loud! At first I thought that it was one of the snow removing trucks but I quickly remembered that there's no snow outside. My albums and my big water bottle started shaking to the point where the bottle almost fell.

Witness location : Montreal (Canada) (26 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

I just heard a rumbling noise for about 15 seconds

Witness location : Joliette (Canada) (26 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

Pas de 2e secousse. Ca ressemblait à une explosion mais entendu jusqu'à Mont-tremblant

Witness location : Montreal (Canada) (26 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

I was in the kitchen drinking a cup of tea when the roof above my apartment started to shake. My first reaction was a funny one; thought someone had turned on their washing machine. But that was a wrong assumption considering the time, the wee hours of the morning.

Having come from Nepal, which had series of devastating earthquakes in 2015, I felt déjà vu. I hope mother earth will have some mercy on us, considering the time of the unfortunate pandemic.

Witness location : Boucherville (Canada) (26 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Felt it here in Boucherville

Witness location : Montreal (Canada) (27 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

Just before 3:22. I

Witness location : Montréal (Canada) (27 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

The walls were cracking

Witness location : St-Charles-Borromée (Canada) (27 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

la terre a trembler a joliette au quebec a 3h25 dune dure de 30 seconde

Witness location : St-Charles-Borromée (Canada) (27 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

joliette quebec

Witness location : Montreal (Canada) (27 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

Very loud rumbling

Witness location : Montréal (Canada) (27 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

I heard big noise and the house was shaking

Witness location : Laval (Canada) (27 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

My bed shook!

Witness location : Blainville (Canada) (28 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Felt earthquake woke us up

Witness location : Laval (Canada) (28 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Not much powerful but i can fell the vibration for a couple of seconds

Witness location : Montreal (Canada) (28 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

It started off slow, like a rumbling. I thought a tank was driving by at first. Glasses in the kitchen started shaking and then it slowed down and stopped. Lasted about 5-10 seconds

Witness location : Montréal (Canada) (28 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

montreal, ressenti tremblement avec bruit sourd

Witness location : Laval (Canada) (28 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

The earthquake was felt exactly at the same time as the previous one on march 6th.

Witness location : Blainville (Canada) (28 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

Violent boom shook me awake. Loud!

Witness location : Montreal (Canada) (29 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Loud bang woke me up

Witness location : Ste-Thérèse (Canada) (29 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

Felt like a semi truck rolling by just slightly more intense
knew it was more than that

Witness location : Montreal (Canada) (29 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Started progressively, like a bassy sound increasing, with one intense boom that made everything shake in my house

Witness location : Blainville (Canada) (29 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

Lasted about 7-10 secs, clearly heard the dishes were shaking enough to make a ding ding sound

Witness location : Laval (Canada) (30 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Was sleeping and the shake woke me up

Witness location : Montreal (Canada) (30 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Decently loud rumble, I live on the 3rd floor of a building and felt quite a shake for a few seconds.

Witness location : Montreal (Canada) (30 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

My building shaked the fuck up

Witness location : Rawdon (Canada) (31 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 36 min

Was like a train passing very near the house

Witness location : Ste-Sophie (Canada) (31 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 851 min

2e en un mois, encore en pleine nuit et j'ai ressenti les vibrations durant 10 secondes plus ou moins. Je suis sur un cap de roches, c'est un bon amplifiant

Witness location : Montreal (Canada) (31 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Je me suis réveillé juste avant. J'ai entendu comme un explosion lointain et après, ça venu comme une vague qui tremblait environ 10 sec.

Witness location : Montreal (Canada) (32 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Felt the windows shake

Witness location : Laval (Canada) (32 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Woke me up around 3:25 AM EST
Shook in bed enough to wake me up

Witness location : Laval (Canada) (32 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

I heard it coming (sleep with the window open) and then a pause and then the house shook, rattling the dishes/glasswear/foundation. 

No damage heard (breaking)

Witness location : Laval (Canada) (32 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

Loud rumbling and felt the floor vibrating

Witness location : Laval (Canada) (32 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 203 min

Seemed as if an enormous gust of wind hit the side of the house. Lasted for 5-10 seconds. Was scared to death after waking up from a nightmare.

Witness location : Laval (Canada) (32 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1291 min

Je dormais... ça m'as brusquement réveillé.

Witness location : Laval (Canada) (32 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

- woke us up 
- felt the whole house moving
- traumatized my 11 year old brother (first time)
-  loud noise

Witness location : Laval (Canada) (32 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

The secondary wave felt stronger

Witness location : Montreal (Canada) (32 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

woke me up from a dream at 3:22. freaked out for a moment there.

Witness location : Laval (Canada) (32 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Pet cat was agitated. Seemed longer than usual.

Witness location : Longueuil (Canada) (33 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

I felt vibrations for only .5 sec while laying in my bed on the second floor of my cottage-style, wood frame house. A couple of house members cracked and the atmospheric echo lasted for 20 seconds.

Witness location : Laval (Canada) (33 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

It came in 2 waves... first I heard a sound coming from the earth and then like a wave of tremble came right after a second. I was in bed I could feel the vibration and ground shaking. But no objects have been displaced I haven’t heard anything move.