Earlier this month, parts of southern Ontario felt an earthquake that struck close to the nearby city of Buffalo, N.Y.  "I woke up to it … I felt what I guess you would consider a small jolt and continuous shaking … about 15 to 20 seconds," St. Catharines, Ont., resident Stephen Murdoch told CBC Hamilton the morning of Feb. 6. Earthquakes Canada monitored the magnitude 4.3 quake and said there were no reports of damage. In another part of the world the same day, an unrelated, devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria. The death toll has surpassed 40,000.