GRAND BAY-WESTFIELD, N. B.—A minor earthquake rattled windows and knocked dishes off shelves in a small community in southern New Brunswick on Thursday. Federal officials say a 3.7-magnitude quake was recorded at 9:49 a.m., its epicentre near the community of Evandale, about 60 kilometres north of Saint John, New Brunswick. Earthquakes Canada, a branch of the Natural Resources Department, said local residents had filed more than 250 online reports about the seismic activity by early afternoon. Nick Ackerley, a seismologist with Earthquakes Canada, said the epicentre of the quake was relatively shallow, which is why so many people felt the rumbling. According to Earthquakes Canada, the better-known scale developed in California by Charles Richter does not apply to Eastern North America, where the seismic waves attenuate differently.

Source: thestar January 10, 2019 17:41 UTC