Some people were frightened, ran to their basement, or ran out of doors.

It's a friendly earthquake. It's a very good reminder to people in this region that we live in earthquake country. Some of the world's biggest earthquakes have occurred here.

Everything has to be in good condition, nothing dirty or stained, ... There's much more than we expected – the people just keep coming.

Small earthquakes occur just north of Ottawa through what's called the Western Quebec Seismic Zone and also along the St. Lawrence Valley so we do see small earthquakes occurring on a routine basis through that area.

I do weird things with balloons. I'm not proud of it ? it's just for the longest time these have been my only friends.

Because we do have recordings on the ground, it likely was a blast or a very tiny earthquake.