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Magnitude 4.8 natural disaster shakes Victoria, B.C.
Some thought a vehicle had rammed their home.
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The U.S. Geological Society, which listed the quake as a slightly higher 4.8-magnitude, recorded more than 10,000 reports of the quake being felt.
There are no reports of any significant damage at this time.
In Vancouver, TransLink shut down two if its SkyTrain lines until staff could ensure guideways were safe.
There have been more than 50 aftershocks since a magnitude 4.4 quake rattled Southern California on Tuesday evening.
“It’s the kind of shaking that’s definitely stronger than a truck driving by”, said Honn Kao, an quake seismologist with Geological Survey of Canada.
Cassidy also says deep quakes also tend to have no – or very few – aftershocks. “#VancouverEarthQuake.” On social media residents of Vancouver and Victoria wrote of experiences during the tremors. One person poked a little fun at the situation posting a picture of a single, toppled plastic chair over the words “we will rebuild”. Witnesses in Vancouver said they saw buildings shaking downtown and early reports are saying the quake was a magnitude of 4.9.
“It was felt by thousands of people across British Columbia to distances of about 200 kilometres”, he said.
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After the 3.4 magnitude quake earlier this month, people from Helena’s South Hills to the north Helena Valley reported what sounded like an explosion followed by shaking that knocked items off walls and shelves.