Moment in Twitter Time: The Day an Earthquake Hit Peterborough

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In the order they came in on our @Ptbo_Canada feed shortly after the Earthquake hit at 1:41 p.m., here were some of the initial tweets (and confusion) from Peterborough tweeps:

cherylayres

did you just feel that tremor! about 1 hour ago via web

jacksoncreek

miskinlaw

I am in Whitby Ontario Canada. I think I just felt a serious earthquake. Wazzzzup?

TanyaFusco

Did anyone just feel that? about 1 hour ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

candaceshaw

Um, did anyone else in the Traill College area just feel the earth move? My house just shook in a way I've never felt before.

anndouglas

Our entire house is shaking and creaking. Construction crews digging nearby or earth tremor?

brucehead

Earthquake in Peterboorugh too!

cgooderham

Did anyone just feel an tremor? There were no trucks in my area and I just felt an earthquake... 1:43pm Eastern TIME #earthquake

jameshiggins

Ummm... eathquake, anyone? about 1 hour ago via web

ptbogreenup

Did we just experience an earthquake? about 1 hour ago via HootSuite

cherylayres

@miskinlaw I felt it here in west end Peterborough - felt like th house just slid sideways about 1 hour ago via web in reply to miskinlaw

Ricwi

Uh... Anyone else just feel the earth move? about 1 hour ago via Twitterrific

subschema

Thought it was just me. So weird. RT @evmustang: Amazing. RT @cherylayres: did you just feel that tremor! about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

stevehancock

Did y'all just feel that? about 1 hour ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

StickShots

Did we just have earth tremors in peterborough? My apt was shaking about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

TanyaFusco



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