More than 50 aftershocks from San Bernardino County natural disaster

An aftershock occurred five minutes later – this one measuring magnitude 3.8.

SkyTrain’s Expo and Millennium lines were shut down for approximately an hour as a safety precaution to ensure the elevated guideways were not damaged by the tremors.

Residents of British Columbia’s South Coast were jolted awake shortly before midnight by a moderately strong natural disaster centered near the provincial capital of Victoria.

“Most of the reports described that they heard a loud rumble and they felt their building was shaking …” The widely felt quake caps a record year for earthquakes in Oklahoma. But with a depth of 60 kilometres, it was deep enough to be felt across the region, with residents reporting effects in both the Vancouver and Victoria areas, a Canadian seismologist said.

Mayor Gregor Robertson tweeted that every quake is a “crucial reminder for your family and business to be ready”, while Vancouver School Trustee Patti Bacchus observed: “Tonight’s relatively minor #earthquake a subtle reminder from Mother Nature we need to get all seismically at-risk BC schools upgraded ASAP”.

The quake, which lasted for several seconds, felt like a large truck rumbling by in the suburb of Richmond, and even knocked over a lamp in an Abbotsford home.

No injuries or damage were initially reported. “It woke up the whole neighbourhood”.

There are also ongoing discrepancies as to the size of the quake, with the U.S. Geological Survey ranking it a magnitude 4.8, rather than the 4.3 from Earthquakes Canada.

At a Ralphs supermarket at 4444 University Parkway in north San Bernardino, the quake “went on for a long time”, said clerk Natalie Ramirez, and was followed by a milder aftershock.

According to Caltech, 10 aftershocks ranging in magnitude from 3.4 to 1.6 have been recorded since the main quake.