Earthquake ‘lightly felt’ in Victoria Sunday evening, officials say
Posted October 8, 2023 9:17 pm.
Last Updated October 8, 2023 9:32 pm.
There have been no reports of damage after an earthquake was “lightly felt in Victoria region” Sunday evening, Earthquakes Canada says.
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), it struck about 60 km northwest of Seattle, just south of Port Townsend in Washington State shortly before 7:30 p.m.
EARTHQUAKE Mag=4.5 on 08 Oct at 19:21 PDT.
Details : https://t.co/X8P9iOTmRm
62 km NW of Seattle , WA
— Earthquakes Canada (@CANADAquakes) October 9, 2023
The Canadian agency has measured the quake at a 4.5 magnitude, while the USGS registered it as a 4.3.
Notable quake, preliminary info: M 4.3 – Washington https://t.co/xTC7C7WlFF
— USGS Earthquakes (@USGS_Quakes) October 9, 2023
No tsunami warning or advisory has been issued.
Folks may be wondering why they did not get an earthquake warning message on their phones. ShakeAlert & WEA did not send out a public warning because the quake was not big enough to meet the alert threshold. It did detect it, and these are the potential warning times: (1/2) pic.twitter.com/J3Z1PxK3BZ
— PNSN (@PNSN1) October 9, 2023
