Officials say a 3.8-magnitude earthquake that struck near Buffalo, N.Y. Monday morning was “lightly felt” in southern Ontario.
A 3.8-magnitude earthquake that struck near Buffalo, N.Y. Monday morning was "lightly felt" in southern Ontario.The federal government’s seismogram viewer shows the quake struck at 6:15 a.m.
Earthquakes Canada, meanwhile, said the event registered as a 4.2-magnitude earthquake on the Richter Scale north of the border.it was Buffalo's strongest quake in at least 40 years. “But today’s event was just a little bit larger and was felt as strong, but short duration, shaking by people in southern Ontario and northern New York state,” Halchuk said, adding that the earth’s tectonic plates are constantly moving at a speed of about five to 10 centimetres per year -- about the same speed as a fingernail grows.
On Monday afternoon, Niagara mayor Jim Diodati described the moment the earthquake struck as “surreal.” Diodati took a moment while speaking with reporters Monday to extend condolences to the people of Syria and Turkiye, who suffered through“We’d like to offer our sincere condolences to the people of Syria and Turkiye for what they're going through right now. We know it's devastating,” he said. “Canada is a country of immigrants from all over the world, and I know there's a lot of Turkish and Syrians here, and I know that a lot of them are worried about family back home.
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