The earthquake was also felt as far away as New York and the American midwest state of Ohio.
Journalists in Canada p90x workout witnessed walls in downtown office buildings shaking for severalseconds. Cracks appeared in the Parliamentary Press Gallery building inOttawa, and outside some people appeared shaken up, but unhurt.The quake interrupted a press conference at the press gallery by anopposition MP who was shown in television broadcasts calmly gatheringhis notes before exiting, as journalists scrambled for the door toreport on what was happening."It felt like someone set off dynamite below us," Genevieve Blais, wholives on Hawk Lake, near the quake epicentre, told public broadcasterCBC. "Pictures fell from the walls and lamps got knocked off theirpedestals."Most downtown Ottawa buildings, including parliament, appeared to havebeen evacuated as alarms rang out and firetrucks roared into the area.
Workers were allowed authentic nfl jerseysback into their offices after safety officials checked the integrity ofbuildings. Many public servants were also sent home early in theafternoon.Local media reported minor damage to some homes and buildings. Windowsat Ottawa City Hall shattered, according to CBC.Canadian police said there were no injuries from the quake.James Bowden, a former resident of Alaska who previously experiencedseveral earthquakes in the northern US state, was standing in line at afast-food restaurant on Ottawa's Sparks Street when he said he "heardthe earthquake coming a few seconds before it hit."
"It sounded like a ghd Ironsfreight train barreling towards us," he said.An avid reader of earthquake sciences, Bowden said Ottawa experiencesearthquakes about every four or five years. "This one was fairly big,"he said.