When I was a kid we would hear large bangs in the house not all the time but about one or two every 4-6 months. Our neighbour's son was a geologist and one happened when they had come for dinner. He went home, grabbed a tube full of maps and was showing us where the "bangs" were coming from. Turned out our houses were right next to this fault line.

When I was a kid we would hear large bangs in the house not all the time but about one or two every 4-6 months. Our neighbour's son was a geologist and one happened when they had come for dinner. He went home, grabbed a tube full of maps and was showing us where the "bangs" were coming from. Turned out our houses were right next to this fault line.

Wow that would have gotten me to move

We get a fair amount of rumbles at our place, at least a couple a year that if in bed.. make it move just a touch and twice now big enough to feel like a big truck rumbled by, but nothing like the big one two years back, it made the metal roof "pop" and put cracks in one of my outbuildings wall.. hairline but still there.. used to really be able to to feel the ones up in Iqaluit because you are on the stilts so the houses are built to move in the storms but it meant they moved easily for earthquakes as well..

We get a fair amount of rumbles at our place, at least a couple a year that if in bed.. make it move just a touch and twice now big enough to feel like a big truck rumbled by, but nothing like the big one two years back, it made the metal roof "pop" and put cracks in one of my outbuildings wall.. hairline but still there.. used to really be able to to feel the ones up in Iqaluit because you are on the stilts so the houses are built to move in the storms but it meant they moved easily for earthquakes as well..

Doesn't it bother you?

We get a fair amount of rumbles at our place, at least a couple a year that if in bed.. make it move just a touch and twice now big enough to feel like a big truck rumbled by, but nothing like the big one two years back, it made the metal roof "pop" and put cracks in one of my outbuildings wall.. hairline but still there.. used to really be able to to feel the ones up in Iqaluit because you are on the stilts so the houses are built to move in the storms but it meant they moved easily for earthquakes as well..

Doesn't it bother you?

Well, we record it in our yearly data, so we are aware of it but bother me or us.. can't say it does.. Every single place I have ever lives had something nature wise that was a threat, in alberta when we lived down middle/south, we had tornato's plus all the winter storms, up in NWT and Iqaluit, it was the cold/snow mainly and here in ontario for me at least, its the odd winter blizzard, summer heat, ice storms and the odd earthquake.. I give each one thought and work/effort for plans in regards to them but the simple truth is they are beyond my control in regards to happening, so I control what I can, which is how I prepare for them and get on with it from there..

An excellent bit of phylosophy.. farmgal said .. "but the simple truth is they are beyond my control in regards to happening, so I control what I can, which is how I prepare for them and get on with it from there" . I think it is an excellent mindset. We can sometimes get too caught up in the threats and then become bogged down with details. There is only so much you can do and in the end there WILL be things you have no control over. To recognize that and to also recognize when you have reached a resonable degree of prep for a scenario is a wise thing. No sense AT ALL of worrying onse self to death. There is still a life to live.

The first place we lived outside of Kingston (like 13 years ago) was near a quarry. Holy crap did the earth move! Tuesdays and Fridays for sure!
That was when we moved at the end of our lease... I can feel the smallest quake now, the paranoia never left me lol
The lil booms of SO are a walk in the park now 🙂

Earthquakes are more common in Ontario than you might think. Historical data can be found at http://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/zones/eastcan-eng.php#NEOSZ . Today Ontario is situated on a very stable area of the Earth's crust. Billions of years ago this was not the case. Most of the earthquakes that have been have been less that magnitude 5.0. Although damage to property and even loss of life is possible with low magnitude earthquakes of it is not likely.

We can be reasonably sure that earthquakes caused by the usual causes do not pose much of a threat to Ontario.

Hi all,

My dad is a geologist and though he doesn't dismiss anything, Ontario, and for the most part Canada is fairly stable with repsect to earthquakes. The reason is...the plates move...and release tension. When you look at areas like California, Japan, etc. the concern is that the plates are not moving to release the energy, and are building up pressure...when they eventually do release....all heck breaks loose. Toronto often gets tremours...this is a good thing. They are common, and very small.

The Geological Survey of Canada is a great source of information and a starting point on what is going on "beneath our feet." and provides a lot of free info. and maps.

http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/home