A shallow moderate earthquake of MN (Nuttli magnitude) 4.1 occurred near Sudbury, Ontario, at 07:22:55 UTC (02:22:55 local time) on 29 November 2006. The event was located 6 km from Lively, Ontario, and was induced by mining activity at Inco's Creighton mine. Inco's in-mine monitoring system, and its subsequent visual inspection, places the event at 46.478 N 81.203 W, at a depth of 2.35 km. This event offers us a rare close-up view of a moderate earthquake, because it was recorded at close distances by five three-component broad-band POLARIS (Portable Observatories for Lithospheric Analysis and Research Investigating Seismicity; http://www.polarisnet.ca) seismographic stations that are installed above and within the Creighton mine. Two stations are located on the surface, near the epicenter, while three subsurface stations are at depths of 1 to 2 km. The closest station to the event is within the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) lab, which is 2 km beneath the surface and about 300 m above the event. The event caused no damage to the SNO lab and only minor damage to the mine workings; there were no injuries. The event was widely felt in the Sudbury, Ontario, region, as expected based on instrumental ShakeMaps (http://www.shakemap.carleton.ca) and confirmed by Internet intensity reports (http://www.earthquakescanada.ca). The mainshock was followed by two significant aftershocks at 2:36 (MN 2.0) and 2:38 (MN 3.1) local time and by many smaller aftershocks. In addition to the near-source records, this event was well-recorded regionally at distances from 20 km to hundreds of kilometers by the seismographic stations of the Canadian National Seismographic Network (CNSN) and POLARIS. Figure 1 shows the location of the Lively event in relation to regional seismographic stations; the nearest regional station is SUNO, 22 km away. In this paper we provide a preliminary examination of the recorded ground motions from this …