Magnitude 3.2 earthquake reported near Kemptville
Posted Mar 14, 2021 03:26:00 AM.
Did you feel the ground shake?
Whether the earth moved under your feet or not, there was a 3.2 magnitude earthquake reported on Saturday night, which happened about 8 km from North Grenville and 14 km southwest of Kemptville.
According to Earthquakes Canada, the event happened at about 7:50 p.m.
It was felt in Nepean, Winchester and Brockville — and expanded all the way to Ogdensburg N.Y. and Montpelier, VT.
According to a statement from Earthquakes Canada, there is no reported damage.
The earthquake area is part of the large Western Quebec seismic zone — a zone that has felt small earthquakes and experienced damage from larger ones for three centuries, USGS Earthquake Hazards Program of the U.S. Geological Survey, says.
Smaller earthquakes, however, are felt three or four times a year in this zone.
The largest damaging earthquake happened on September 16, 1732 with a magnitude 5.8.
