In the line of duty: Canada's casualties 150 members of the Canadian Forces have been killed serving in the Afghanistan mission. Four Canadian civilians have also been killed, including one diplomat, one journalist and two aid workers Since 2002.

In the line of duty: Canada's casualties

Last Updated June 26, 2010

Since 2002, 150 members of the Canadian Forces have been killed serving in the Afghanistan mission.

Four Canadian civilians have also been killed, including one diplomat, one journalist and two aid workers.

	First name	Last name	Rank	Unit	Province	Date of incident
	Kristal	Giesebrecht	Master Cpl.	1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group	Ontario	June 26, 2010
	Andrew	Miller	Private	1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group	Ontario	June 26, 2010
	James	MacNeil	Sergeant	1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group	Nova Scotia	June 21, 2010
	Martin	Goudreault	Sergeant	1 Combat Engineer Regiment	Ontario	June 6, 2010
	Larry	Rudd	Trooper	Royal Canadian Dragoons	Ontario	May 24, 2010
	Geoff	Parker	Colonel	Royal Canadian Regiment	Ontario	May 18, 2010
	Kevin	McKay	Private	1st Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Ontario	May 13, 2010
	Craig	Blake	Petty Officer 2nd Class	Fleet Diving Unit (Atlantic)	Ontario	May 3, 2010
	Tyler	Todd	Private	1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Ontario	April 11, 2010
	Darren	Fitzpatrick	Corporal	3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	British Columbia	March 6, 2010
	Joshua	Baker	Corporal	Loyal Edmonton Regiment, 4th Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Alberta	February 12, 2010
	John	Faught	Sergeant	1st Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Ontario	January 16, 2010
	Garrett	Chidley	Private	2nd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Ontario	December 30, 2009
	Zachery	McCormack	Corporal	Loyal Edmonton Regiment, 4th Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Alberta	December 30, 2009
	George	Miok	Sergeant	41 Combat Engineer Regiment	Alberta	December 30, 2009
	Kirk	Taylor	Sergeant	84 Independent Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery	Nova Scotia	December 30, 2009
	Andrew	Nuttall	Lieutenant	1st Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	British Columbia	December 23, 2009
	Steven	Marshall	Sapper	1 Combat Engineer Regiment	Alberta	October 30, 2009
	Justin	Boyes	Lieutenant	3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Saskatchewan	October 28, 2009
	Jonathan	Couturier	Private	2nd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment	Quebec	September 17, 2009
	Patrick	Lormand	Private	2nd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment	Ontario	September 13, 2009
	Jean-François	Drouin	Corporal	5 Combat Engineer Regiment	Quebec	September 6, 2009
	Yannick	Pépin	Major	5 Combat Engineer Regiment	Quebec	September 6, 2009
	Mathieu	Allard	Sapper	5 Combat Engineer Regiment	Quebec	August 1, 2009
	Christian	Bobbitt	Corporal	5 Combat Engineer Regiment	Quebec	August 1, 2009
	Sébastien	Courcy	Private	2nd battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment	Quebec	July 16, 2009
	Patrice	Audet	Master corportal	430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron	Quebec	July 6, 2009
	Martin	Joannette	Corporal	3rd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment	Quebec	July 6, 2009
	Nick	Bulger	Corporal	3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Ontario	July 3, 2009
	Charles-Philippe	Michaud	Master corporal	2nd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment	New Brunswick	June 23, 2009
	Martin	Dubé	Corporal	5 Combat Engineer Regiment	Quebec	June 14, 2009
	Alexandre	Péloquin	Private	3rd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment	Quebec	June 8, 2009
	Michelle	Mendes	Major	Chief of Defence Intelligence	Ontario	April 23, 2009
	Karine	Blais	Trooper	12e Régiment blindé du Canada	Quebec	April 13, 2009
	Jack	Bouthillier	Trooper	Royal Canadian Dragoons	Ontario	March 20, 2009
	Tyler	Crooks	Corporal	3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	Ontario	March 20, 2009
	Corey	Hayes	Trooper	Royal Canadian Dragoons	New Brunswick	March 20, 2009
	Scott	Vernelli	Master corporal	3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	Ontario	March 20, 2009
	Marc	Diab	Trooper	Royal Canadian Dragoons	Ontario	March 8, 2009
	Dennis	Brown	Warrant officer	The Lincoln and Welland Regiment	Ontario	March 3, 2009
	Dany	Fortin	Corporal	425 Tactical Fighter Squadron	Quebec	March 3, 2009
	Kenneth	O'Quinn	Corporal	2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group Headquarters and Signals Squadron	Newfoundland and Labrador	March 3, 2009
	Sean	Greenfield	Sapper	2 Combat Engineer Regiment	Manitoba	January 31, 2009
	Brian	Good	Trooper	Royal Canadian Dragoons	Ontario	January 7, 2009
	Gregory	Kruse	Sergeant	2 Combat Engineer Regiment	Ontario	December 27, 2008
	Gaetan	Roberge	Warrant officer	Royal 22nd Regiment	Ontario	December 27, 2008
	Michael	Freeman	Private	3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	Ontario	December 26, 2008
	John	Curwin	Private	2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	Nova Scotia	December 13, 2008
	Thomas	Hamilton	Corporal	2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	Nova Scotia	December 13, 2008
	Justin	Jones	Private	2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	Newfoundland and Labrador	December 13, 2008
	Demetrios	Diplaros	Private	1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	Ontario	December 5, 2008
	Mark	McLaren	Corporal	1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	Ontario	December 5, 2008
	Robert	Wilson	Warrant officer	1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	Ontario	December 5, 2008
	Prescott	Shipway	Sergeant	2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Saskatchewan	September 7, 2008
	Andrew	Grenon	Corporal	2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Ontario	September 3, 2008
	Chad	Horn	Private	2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Alberta	September 3, 2008
	Mike	Seggie	Corporal	2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Manitoba	September 3, 2008
	Shawn	Eades	Sergeant	1 Combat Engineer Regiment	Ontario	August 20, 2008
	Stephan	Stock	Sapper	1 Combat Engineer Regiment	British Columbia	August 20, 2008
	Dustin	Wasden	Corporal	1 Combat Engineer Regiment	Saskatchewan	August 20, 2008
	Erin	Doyle	Master corporal	3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	British Columbia	August 11, 2008
	Josh	Roberts	Master corporal	2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Saskatchewan	August 9, 2008
	James	Arnal	Corporal	2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Manitoba	July 18, 2008
	Colin	Wilmot	Private	1 Field Ambulance	Alberta	July 6, 2008
	Brendan	Downey	Corporal	Military Police Detachment	Saskatchewan	July 4, 2008
	Jonathan	Snyder	Captain	1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	British Columbia	June 7, 2008
	Richard	Leary	Captain	2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Ontario	June 3, 2008
	Michael	Starker	Corporal	15th Field Ambulance	Alberta	May 6, 2008
	Terry	Street	Private	2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Quebec	April 4, 2008
	Jason	Boyes	Sergeant	2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Manitoba	March 16, 2008
	Jérémie	Ouellet	Bombardier	1st Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Quebec	March 11, 2008
	Michael	Hayakaze	Trooper	Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)	Alberta	March 2, 2008
	Étienne	Gonthier	Corporal	5e Régiment du génie de combat	Quebec	January 23, 2008
	Richard	Renaud	Trooper	12e Régiment blindé du Canada	Quebec	January 15, 2008
	Eric	Labbé	Corporal	2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment	Quebec	January 6, 2008
	Hani	Massouh	Warrant officer	2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment	Quebec	January 6, 2008
	Jonathan	Dion	Gunner	5e Régiment d'artillerie légère du Canada	Quebec	December 30, 2007
	Nicolas	Beauchamp	Corporal	5th Field Ambulance, 5 Area Support Group	Quebec	November 17, 2007
	Michel	Lévesque	Private	3rd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment	Quebec	November 17, 2007
	Nathan	Hornburg	Corporal	The King's Own Calgary Regiment	Alberta	September 24, 2007
	Raymond	Ruckpaul	Major	Armoured Corps, The Royal Canadian Dragoons	Ontario	August 29, 2007
	Christian	Duchesne	Master corporal	5th Field Ambulance, 5 Area Support Group	Quebec	August 22, 2007
	Mario	Mercier	Master warrant officer	2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment	Quebec	August 22, 2007
	Simon	Longtin	Private	3rd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment	Quebec	August 19, 2007
	Jordan	Anderson	Corporal	3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Nunavut	July 4, 2007
	Cole	Bartsch	Corporal	3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Alberta	July 4, 2007
	Colin	Bason	Master corporal	The Royal Westminster Regiment	British Columbia	July 4, 2007
	Matthew	Dawe	Captain	3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Ontario	July 4, 2007
	Jefferson	Francis	Captain	1st Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	New Brunswick	July 4, 2007
	Lane	Watkins	Private	3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Manitoba	July 4, 2007
	Stephen	Bouzane	Corporal	3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Newfoundland and Labrador	June 20, 2007
	Christos	Karigiannis	Sergeant	3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Quebec	June 20, 2007
	Joel	Wiebe	Private	3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Alberta	June 20, 2007
	Darryl	Caswell	Trooper	Royal Canadian Dragoons	Ontario	June 11, 2007
	Darrell	Priede	Master corporal	Army News Team, 3 Area Support Group	Ontario	May 30, 2007
	Matthew	McCully	Corporal	2nd Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group Headquarters and Signal Squadron	Ontario	May 25, 2007
	Anthony	Klumpenhouwer	Master corporal	Canadian Special Operations Forces Command	Ontario	April 18, 2007
	Patrick	Pentland	Trooper	Royal Canadian Dragoons	New Brunswick	April 11, 2007
	Allan	Stewart	Master corporal	Royal Canadian Dragoons	New Brunswick	April 11, 2007
	David	Greenslade	Private	2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	New Brunswick	April 8, 2007
	Kevin	Kennedy	Private	2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	Newfoundland and Labrador	April 8, 2007
	Donald	Lucas	Sergeant	2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	Newfoundland and Labrador	April 8, 2007
	Brent	Poland	Corporal	2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	Ontario	April 8, 2007
	Christopher	Stannix	Corporal	Princess Louise Fusiliers	Nova Scotia	April 8, 2007
	Aaron	Williams	Corporal	2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	New Brunswick	April 8, 2007
	Kevin	Megeney	Corporal	1st Battalion, The Nova Scotia Highlanders (North)	Nova Scotia	March 6, 2007
	Robert	Girouard	Chief warrant officer	1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	New Brunswick	November 27, 2006
	Albert	Storm	Corporal	1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	Ontario	November 27, 2006
	Darcy	Tedford	Sergeant	1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	Alberta	October 14, 2006
	Blake	Williamson	Private	1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	Ontario	October 14, 2006
	Mark	Wilson	Trooper	Royal Canadian Dragoons	Ontario	October 7, 2006
	Craig	Gillam	Sergeant	Royal Canadian Dragoons	Newfoundland and Labrador	October 3, 2006
	Robert	Mitchell	Corporal	Royal Canadian Dragoons	Ontario	October 3, 2006
	Josh	Klukie	Private	1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	Ontario	September 29, 2006
	Glen	Arnold	Corporal	2nd Field Ambulance	Ontario	September 18, 2006
	David	Byers	Private	2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Ontario	September 18, 2006
	Shane	Keating	Corporal	2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Saskatchewan	September 18, 2006
	Keith	Morley	Corporal	2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Manitoba	September 18, 2006
	Mark	Graham	Private	1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	Ontario	September 4, 2006
	William	Cushley	Private	1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	Ontario	September 3, 2006
	Frank	Mellish	Warrant officer	1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	Nova Scotia	September 3, 2006
	Richard	Nolan	Warrant officer	1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	Newfoundland and Labrador	September 3, 2006
	Shane	Stachnik	Sergeant	2nd Combat Engineer Regiment	Alberta	September 3, 2006
	David	Braun	Corporal	2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Saskatchewan	August 22, 2006
	Andrew	Eykelenboom	Corporal	1st Field Ambulance	British Columbia	August 11, 2006
	Jeffrey	Walsh	Master corporal	2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Saskatchewan	August 9, 2006
	Raymond	Arndt	Master corporal	The Loyal Edmonton Regiment	Alberta	August 5, 2006
	Kevin	Dallaire	Private	1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Alberta	August 3, 2006
	Vaughan	Ingram	Sergeant	1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Newfoundland and Labrador	August 3, 2006
	Bryce	Keller	Corporal	1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Saskatchewan	August 3, 2006
	Christopher	Reid	Corporal	1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Nova Scotia	August 3, 2006
	Francisco	Gomez	Corporal	1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Alberta	July 22, 2006
	Jason	Warren	Corporal	The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada	Quebec	July 22, 2006
	Anthony	Boneca	Corporal	Lake Superior Scottish Regiment	Ontario	July 9, 2006
	Nichola	Goddard	Captain	1st Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Alberta	May 17, 2006
	Matthew	Dinning	Corporal	2nd Military Police Platoon	Ontario	April 22, 2006
	Myles	Mansell	Bombardier	5th (British Columbia) Field Artillery Regiment	British Columbia	April 22, 2006
	Randy	Payne	Corporal	CFB/ASU Wainwright Military Police Platoon	Ontario	April 22, 2006
	William	Turner	Lieutenant	Land Force Western Area Headquarters	Ontario	April 22, 2006
	Robert	Costall	Private	1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Ontario	March 29, 2006
	Paul	Davis	Corporal	2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Nova Scotia	March 2, 2006
	Timothy	Wilson	Master corporal	2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Alberta	March 2, 2006
	Glyn	Berry	Diplomat	Department of Foreign Affairs, Canada	Wales	January 15, 2006
	Braun	Woodfield	Private	2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	Nova Scotia	November 24, 2005
	Jamie	Murphy	Corporal	1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	Newfoundland and Labrador	January 27, 2004
	Robbie	Beerenfenger	Corporal	3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	Ontario	October 2, 2003
	Robert	Short	Sergeant	3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment	New Brunswick	October 2, 2003
	Ainsworth	Dyer	Corporal	3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Quebec	April 18, 2002
	Richard	Green	Private	3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Nova Scotia	April 18, 2002
	Marc	Léger	Sergeant	3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Ontario	April 18, 2002
	Nathan	Smith	Private	3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Nova Scotia	April 18, 2002

National Building Code of Canada news.

National Building Code of Canada



From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search 

The National Building Code of Canada is the model building code of Canada. It is issued by the Institute for Research In Construction (IRC)],[1] a part of the National Research Council of Canada. As a model code, it has no legal status until it is adopted by a jurisdiction that regulates construction.



Contents
1 History

2 Implementation

2.1 Ontario

2.2 Other provinces

2.3 Alberta

2.4 Vancouver

3 Content

4 References



History

The Constitution of Canada includes the regulation of building construction as a provincial responsibility. In a few cases municipalities have been given the historic right of writing their own building code. In the early years of regulating building construction this caused a patchwork of building codes across Canada.



In 1941 the federal government of Canada published the first National Building Code. This was adopted by the various provinces and municipalities in Canada during the next 20 years.



Since 1960 there has been a revised document about every five years up to 1995. The 2000 edition of the building code was supposed to be an objective or performance-based building. However, this took considerably longer to write than foreseen and the next edition of the National Building Code of Canada was not published until 2005.


 Implementation

The National Building Code is the model building code that forms the basis for all of the provincial building codes except Ontario's.



 Ontario

The 2006 version of Ontario's Building Code[3] has introduced many changes meant to increase the level of harmonization between Ontario, the National Building Code and other Canadian jurisdictions.[4]



Other provinces

Prince Edward Island,[5] Nova Scotia,[6] and Newfoundland and Labrador[7] have legislation enforcing the current version of the National Building Code of Canada, while Manitoba[8] and British Columbia[9] have adopted the 2005 National Building Code as regulations under provincial acts. The building codes of Quebec[10] and Saskatchewan[11] are based on the 1995 National Building Code.



[edit] Alberta

By agreement with the National Research Council of Canada,[12] Alberta is committed to using the National Building Code of Canada as its base document with changes and modifications to suit Alberta needs in regulating the design, construction, alteration, change of use and demolition of buildings.



The Alberta Building Code 2006 was established by the Building Technical Council, a technical council of the Safety Codes Council,[13] after consultation with municipal authorities, provincial government departments, associations, other affected parties and Code users. The Code is published for Alberta by the National Research Council of Canada.



The Alberta Building Code 2006[14] was adopted by provincial regulation on September 2, 2007.[15]



The Alberta Building Code 2006 is developed and administered by Alberta Municipal and Public Affairs.[16] In addition to the production of the Alberta Building Code, Municipal Affairs is responsible for the development and dissemination of code interpretations and alternatives known as STANDATA[17] which come in three forms:



1.Building Code Variances - acceptable alternative solutions to the prescriptive requirements (known as Alternative Solutions) in Division B.



2.Building Code Interpretations - interpretations on Code items



3.Building Code Bulletins - additional explanatory information on Code items or general Code topics

 Vancouver

Under the Vancouver Building Bylaw, Vancouver has developed its own building code based on the National Building Code.



Content

The intent of the Building Code is to detail the minimum provisions acceptable to maintain the safety of buildings, with specific regard to public health, fire protection, accessibility and structural sufficiency. It is not a textbook for building design. The Building Code concerns construction, renovation, and demolition. It also covers change of use projects where the change would result in increased hazard and/or maintenance and operation in the existing building. The Code sets out technical requirements for the aforementioned project types and does not pertain to existing buildings.



The 1995 National Building Code is split into 9 parts.



Part 1 Scope and Definitions

Part 2 General Requirements

Part 3 Fire Protection, Occupant Safety and Accessibility

Part 4 Structural Design

Part 5 Environmental Separation

Part 6 Heating, Ventilating and Air-conditioning

Part 7 Plumbing Services

Part 8 Safety Measures at Construction and Demolition Sites

Part 9 Housing and Small Buildings

Part 1 gives the definitions and describes how the building code is applied. Houses and certain other small buildings (less than 3 storeys high and 600 m2) are considered "Part 9 Buildings" and only parts 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 apply. Larger buildings are considered "Part 3 buildings" and parts 1 through 8 apply. Part 3 is the largest and most complicated part of the building code. It is intended to be used by engineers and architects. Part 9 is very prescriptive and is intended to be able to be applied by contractors.



The building code also references hundreds of other construction documents that are legally incorporated by reference and thus part of the enforceable code. This includes many design, material testing, installation and commissioning documents that are produced by a number of private organizations. Most prominent among these are the Canadian Electrical Code, Underwriters Laboratories of Canada[18] a subsidiary of Underwriters Laboratories, documents on fire alarm design, and a number of National Fire Protection Association documents.



 References

1.^ IRC Website

2.^ Ontario Building Code website

3.^ Building Code Act 1992 of Ontario Online

4.^ "Preface". 2006 Building Code Compendium of Ontario. 1. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. pp. i.

5.^ http://www.gov.pe.ca/law/statutes/pdf/p-24.pdf

6.^ http://www.gov.ns.ca/legislature/legc/statutes/buildcod.htm

7.^ http://www.hoa.gov.nl.ca/hoa/statutes/b08.htm

8.^ http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/regs/pdf/b093-127.06.pdf

9.^ http://www.bccodes.ca/bccode_building.htm

10.^ http://www.rbq.gouv.qc.ca/dirEnglish/BuildingCode/SafetyCode.asp

11.^ http://www.sboa.sk.ca/buildingstandards.htm

12.^ National Research Council of Canada

13.^ Safety Codes Council

14.^ http://www.lrc.education.gov.ab.ca/pro/resources/item.htm?item-no=683161

15.^ http://www.qp.gov.ab.ca/documents/Regs/2007_117.cfm?frm_isbn=9780779724154

16.^ Alberta Municipal Affairs

17.^ STANDATA

18.^ Underwriters Laboratories of Canada (ULC)

2010 Central Canada earthquake/ 2010 Ontario earthquake

2010 Central Canada earthquake


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This is the latest accepted revision, accepted on 24 June 2010.Jump to: navigation, search

This article documents a current event. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses.

2010 Central Canada earthquake





Quake epicenter

Date 23 June 2010 (2010-06-23)

Origin time 17:41:41 UTC

1:41:41PM EDT

Duration 20 seconds

Magnitude 5.0 Mw

Depth 16.4 km (10 mi)

Epicenter location 45°54′14″N 75°29′49″W / 45.904°N 75.497°W / 45.904; -75.497Coordinates: 45°54′14″N 75°29′49″W / 45.904°N 75.497°W / 45.904; -75.497

Countries or regions affected Canada, United States

Max. intensity Mercalli VI

Casualties "minor injuries", unconfirmed[1]



The 2010 Central Canada earthquake was a magnitude 5.0 earthquake (downgraded from 5.5) which occurred in Central Canada on June 23, 2010 at about 13:41:41 EDT and lasted about 20 seconds.[1][2]



The quake was centered around 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Ottawa, Ontario,[3] closest to the settlement of Val-des-Bois, Quebec.[4] It was felt across the Greater Toronto Area, Hamilton, ON [5], Regional Municipality of Waterloo[6], Metro Detroit-Windsor, Ontario-Ann Arbor and Milwaukee areas,[7] the Greater Montreal Area, Quebec City, Boston, Delaware, Greater Hartford, Buffalo, Pittsburgh,[8] Cleveland,[9] New Hampshire,[10] New York City[11] and Chicago,[12] in addition to places as far as Moose Factory, Thunder Bay, Evansville, Baltimore, Charleston, West Virginia, and Halifax, Nova Scotia.[13] This earthquake was the most severe earthquake in the Ottawa Valley region since October 1998, when a 5.4 earthquake struck the area.[9][14] However, in terms of the Western Quebec Seismic Zone, it was the first moderate earthquake since April 20, 2002, when the area was affected by magnitude 5.5 tremors.[15][16]



Although a 5.0 magnitude quake is only considered to be moderate, the earthquake's depth (estimates of which vary between 16.4 kilometres (10.2 mi) and 19.0 kilometres (11.8 mi))[17][18][19] meant that its effects were more widely felt.[20]



Contents [hide]

1 Geology

2 Aftermath

3 See also

4 References

5 External links



[edit] Geology



USGS intensity map.The magnitude 5.0 Mw intraplate earthquake occurred near the southern edge of the Western Quebec Seismic Zone, known for frequent, but minor tremors, occurring, on average, every five days.[15][21] Far away from the North American tectonic plate's margin, the regional seismicity is controlled by a series of geologic faults, formed over the last billion years by the processes of mountain building, including the Grenville orogeny, and subsequent erosion.



[edit] Aftermath

The Globe and Mail reported that "Twitter users as distant as Springfield, Massachusetts, Traverse City, Michigan, and Cincinnati, Ohio reported feeling tremors."[1] This earthquake occurred as Canadian environment minister Jim Prentice was conducting an interview in Ottawa, and he reported that his chair started to move.[22] The offices of The Globe and Mail were evacuated soon after the tremor.[1] Several media outlets also aired video of a press conference by New Democratic Party Member of Parliament Don Davies being disrupted by the quake.[23]



Part of Quebec Route 307 was closed due to a partial bridge collapse near Bowman, which injured a nearby fisherman.[24] Near the epicenter, many of the telephone networks were out. The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board evacuated most of its schools, but students were allowed to return when the situation was determined to be safe. A number of schools were damaged, and may be closed, including First Avenue Public School, Churchill Alternative School, Blossom Park Public School, Centennial Public School, Connaught Public School, Elgin Street Public School and Hilson Avenue Public School.[25] In Gracefield, Quebec a state of emergency was declared after several buildings were damaged, including the church, some of the city's administration buildings and a hotel.[26] In the Outaouais, about 1,300 homes lost power.[24] The O-Train in Ottawa was shut down until 5 pm, and the Agence métropolitaine de transport shut down four of five commuter trains in Montreal for a similar period of time in order to be inspected .[25]



Immediately after the quake, cell phone service in Ottawa was down, possibly overloaded by callers.[14] Several windows in Ottawa City Hall shattered, and a chimney in a nearby solicitors' office collapsed.[26] Minor damages were also reported to several city-owned facilities, including two branches of the Ottawa Public Library and two municipal sports arenas, and power was out in part of the downtown Golden Triangle neighbourhood.[27]



Office buildings in Ottawa and Toronto were evacuated, and cracks appeared in the Parliamentary Press Gallery building on Parliament Hill.[28] A session of the Canadian Senate was also interrupted.[29] No serious damages or injuries have been reported.[30]



[edit] See also

List of earthquakes in Canada

[edit] References

1.^ a b c d "Earthquake shakes central Canada". http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/earthquake-shakes-central-canada/article1614941/. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

2.^ "Earthquakes shakes Ontario and Quebec". Toronto Star. 23 June 2010. http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/827511--earthquake-shakes-ontario-and-quebec. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

3.^ "Magnitude 5.0 - ONTARIO-QUEBEC BORDER REGION, CANADA". USGS. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010xwa7.php. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

4.^ "Earthquake hits Central Canada". http://www.vancouversun.com/news/thewest/Earthquake+hits+Central+Canada/3191755/story.html. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

5.^ "Earthquake". Raise the Hammer. http://raisethehammer.org/blog/1777/. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

6.^ "Earthquake rattles nerves and work day in Waterloo Region". The Record. http://news.therecord.com/News/Local/article/733990. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

7.^ "Mich. feels shake of 5.0 quake in Canada". WDIV-TV. http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/24008084/detail.html/. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

8.^ http://www.wpxi.com/news/24008129/detail.html

9.^ a b "Earthquake rocks Ontario, Quebec". CBC. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/06/23/tor-earthquake.html. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

10.^ "Canada Earthquake Felt In NH". WMUR New Hampshire. 23 June 2010. http://www.wmur.com/news/24008266/detail.html. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

11.^ "Earthquake hits central Canada". CTVnews. http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20100623/earthquake-canada-100623/. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

12.^ "Canadian Quake Felt in Chicago". NBC Chicago. 23 June 2010. http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/june-23-earthquake-96998234.html. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

13.^ Earthquakes, USGS. "M5.0 – Ontario-Quebec Border Region, Canada - Did You Feel It?". United States Geological Survey. Earthquake Hazards Program. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/us/2010xwa7/us/index.html. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

14.^ a b "Earthquake rumbles Ontario and Quebec". Toronto Star. http://www.thestar.com/breakingnews/article/827425--tremors-felt-in-toronto?bn=1. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

15.^ a b "Magnitude 5.0 - ONTARIO-QUEBEC BORDER REGION, CANADA". United States Geologic Survey. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010xwa7.php#summary. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

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January 1st Solomon Islands (7.1, Jan 3) · Eureka (USA) (6.5, Jan 10) · Haiti (7.0, Jan 12)†‡ · Drake Passage (Chile) (6.3, Jan 17)





February Chile (8.8, Feb 27)† · Salta (Argentina) (6.3, Feb 27)





March Kaohsiung (Taiwan) (6.4, Mar 4) · Elâzığ (Turkey) (6.1, Mar 8)† · 1st Pichilemu (Chile) (6.9, Mar 11) · 1st Biobío (Chile) (6.7, Mar 15) · Pico Rivera (USA) (4.4, Mar 16) · Cuba (5.6, Mar 20) ·





April 2nd Biobío (Chile) (5.9, Apr 2) · Baja California (Mexico) (7.2, Apr 4) · 2nd Sumatra (Indonesia) (7.8, Apr 6) · Yushu (China) (6.9, Apr 14)† · Afghanistan (5.4, Apr 18) · Australia (5.2, Apr 20) · 3rd Biobío (Chile) (6.2, Apr 23) ·





May 2nd Pichilemu (Chile) (6.0, May 2) · 4th Biobío (Chile) (6.4, May 3) · 3rd Sumatra (Indonesia) (7.2, May 9) · Algeria (5.1, May 14) · Vanuatu (7.2, May 28) ·





June Nicobar Islands (Indian Ocean) (7.7, June 13) · Ocotillo (California) (5.7, Jun 14) · Papua (Indonesia) (7.0, Jun 16) · Central Canada (5.0, Jun 23)





† indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths

‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year



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