Not one but two earthquakes were reported in the early hours this morning in Labrador.
We spoke with Stephen Halchuk who is a Seismologist for the Canadian Hazards Information Service with the Natural Resources Canada/Government of Canada.
He says both earthquakes were close to (within 20 km) and strongly felt by residents of Makkovik.
Makkovik residents reported a strong shaking, loud sounds, and being somewhat frightened by the events (this is not unusual for people that are close to the location of an earthquake of this size).
We also have felt reports from people in Natuashish, Postville, and Hopedale (the earthquakes may have been more widely felt – these are the localities that have reported to us).
He says they had no reports of significant damage and we would not expect to see significant structural damage from earthquakes of this size.
There is scattered earthquake activity in the region (look at the maps of regional seismicity in each of the reports) but most of it is offshore.
Today’s events are slightly larger than most in the region and it is unusual to have two events close together.
If you would like to report these actions you can do so by going on the Natural Resources of Canada website to report and fill out the “Did You Feel It?” forms for today’s earthquakes.
It will help us to better understand how and where the earthquakes are felt.
If you have further questions, please send them to our “Earthquake Info” email nrcan.earthquakeinfo-infoseisme.rncan@canada.ca.