Moderate quake in Canada felt in Seattle area

“The couch just started shaking and it scared the crap out of me”, Paquette said over the phone.

He says because it was so far below the surface, even North Saanich residents who were right over the epicentre were still at least 50 kilometres away from the fault zone. The moderate quake struck at 11:39 p.m. local time Tuesday about 20 kilometres north of Victoria and was felt across much of southern British Columbia.

The Los Angeles city and county fire departments reported no immediate damage or injuries, although surveys of stations and personnel was ongoing.

No injuries or damage were initially reported.

“It was like a big truck was coming in”, Franke said.

After the natural disaster hit, TransLink shut down the Millennium and Expo SkyTrain lines to determine whether any damage had been caused to the raised guideways. “#VancouverEarthQuake.” On social media residents of Vancouver and Victoria wrote of experiences during the tremors.

There was also a separate magnitude 4.4 quake on Sunday near San Bernardino, Calif.

According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), earthquakes with magnitudes from 2.5 to 3 are generally the smallest ones felt by humans.

There were no early reports of damage, but shaking was reported in Greater Victoria, Nanaimo and parts of Metro Vancouver.

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