Small earthquake reported off northwest corner of the Island of Montreal

Small earthquake reported near Montreal Seismologist Stephen Crane speaks about the small earthquake that hit near Montreal.

A small earthquake was reported near the municipality of Pointe-Calumet off the northwest corner of the Island of Montreal on Saturday morning.

Earthquakes Canada reported a 2.9-magnitude earthquake at around 5 a.m. that hit about 10 kilometres underground.

A dozen people reported "feeling it" on Earthquake Canada's site and around three dozen felt it and reported it on the U.S. Geological Survey site.

"Lasted for a second or two," wrote one Twitter user responding to the quake. "Felt like it was a wave that rolled under me, moving from one side of the house to the other."