Magnitude 3.7 earthquake rattles southern and central Ontario
Posted on: Jan 28, 2026 15:59 IST | Posted by: Cbc
If it mat the likes of the ground moved beneath your feet tardily tues night, it did, if you were in parts of southern and central Ontario.
Earthquakes Canada recorded a magnitude 3.7 quake north of Toronto just before 11 p.m. ET.
The agency noted the tremor was centered about 23 kilometres southeast of Orillia, Ont. And occurred at a depth of five kilometres.
A "roaring sound" came crashing through her home the moment the quake struck, said Sarah Cowley, a Beaverton-based artist.
"Now I live in an old home. It's 120 years old. It's sturdy, but all the floors were shaking," she said, adding it looked as if nothing had happened when she peeked out her window to check for fallen trees or other damage.
Cowley said while she was shaken by the events, her husband slept soundly through the ordeal.
The site's "Did you feel it?" link had at least 2,000 reports of people feeling the rumble, from as far west as Kitchener, through Toronto, and east to Belleville, and as far south as Niagara Falls.
There was no immediate word on any damage or injuries, but according to statistics from Earthquakes Canada, the same area has experienced two earthquakes of similar size in the last 25 years and the largest was a magnitude 5.5 quake in 1929.
Social media was abuzz with people commenting that the quake was just the latest challenge for the region, which has recently experienced extreme snow and cold.
For Cowley, the events of this past week serve as a reminder to respect mother nature "and what she is capable of doing."
"There are some things we can control and some things we can't," she said.
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