Natural disaster hits near Victoria

The Los Angeles city and county fire departments reported no immediate damage or injuries, although surveys of stations and personnel was ongoing. USGS estimated the focal depth of the temblor at 3.5 miles (5.6 kilometers), making it an extremely shallow quake.

No word on if there was any damage or any injuries.

A modest magnitude 4.3 quake was felt in Metro Vancouver late this evening at 11:40 p.m.

Bird encouraged anyone who felt the natural disaster to use the “did you feel it” button on the agency’s website at earthquakescanada.ca.

“Most of the reports described that they heard a loud rumble and they felt their building was shaking …”

The National Tsunami warning centre says there is no risk of a Tsunami for coastal areas.

In Vancouver, TransLink shut down two if its SkyTrain lines until staff could ensure guideways were safe.

The quake followed another several hours earlier near San Bernardino, Calif., that measured 4.4. The quake was felt along the southern British Columbia coast and throughout Vancouver Island, according to Canadian news sources.

Anywhere between zero and 50 aftershocks was “normal” within hours of a 4.4-magnitude quake, according to seismologist Lucy Jones, with the USGS and Caltech.