A 3.1 magnitude earthquake rumbled just south of Victoria near midnight Tuesday.
The epicentre of the earthquake was recorded by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) southeast of Oak Harbour, Washington, around 62 kilometres south of Victoria.
John Cassidy, a seismologist with Natural Resources Canada on Vancouver Island recorded the small quake on a seismograph he has in his crawl space.
“My house was shaking! It was very weak shaking,” Cassidy said on Twitter.
Did you feel shaking in northwest #WA and southwest #BritishColumbia just after midnight? Many did.
That was a M3.1 #earthquake at 00:21 a.m. near Oak Harbour, WA and ~60 km from #Victoria.
Details (PNSN/USGS):https://t.co/ZYJknlidrP
This earthquake was 63 km below the surface. pic.twitter.com/Jm6VuDcQ9N— John Cassidy (@earthquakeguy) May 23, 2023
According to USGS the depth of the earthquake has been reassessed to around 61 km below the surface.
As of 12:30 Tuesday afternoon, 21 people had reported feeling the earthquake to the USGS.
Most of those who reported feeling the quake said they felt ‘light’ shaking and lived near Oak Harbour, but Victorians may have felt the midnight rumble as well.
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