USGS SCREENSHOT - A magnitude 2.9 earthquake occurred shortly before midnight Thursday.

Several news agencies in the U.S. and Canada have reported that a mild earthquake occurred at 11:57 p.m. in the middle of Lake Ontario, about 25 miles north of Barker, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The quake measured 2.9 on the Richter Scale, the science organization said.

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