Deputy Olivia Bozek, a spokeswoman for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, said in an email deputies report no damage or complications resulting from the quake.
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“Compared to these large earthquakes, last night was just a tiny drop in the bucket”, Cassidy said.
“It felt like the whole world was bouncy, and it was really shaky”.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake struck around 11:40 p.m. Tuesday 11 miles northeast of Victoria, Canada.
Hundreds of calls reportedly poured in to 911 from frightened people asking about or reporting the quake, prompting officials to remind them not to call unless it’s an immediate emergency.
BC Hydro said it had not detected any quake damage and there were no disruptions to transmission and distribution systems.
TransLink temporarily shut down the Millennium and Expo lines of the SkyTrain, but spokeswoman Anne Drennan said they, along with bus bridges, were reopened for one last run. USGS estimated 12 million people may have felt at least some weak shaking, and said 390,000 of those people may have experienced moderate shaking.
There is a 5 percent chance that the quake, or any quake, is a precursor of something bigger, Jones said.
In the spring of 2014, a 6.6-magnitude natural disaster shook much of southwestern B.C. after it hit on the Nootka fault zone off the west coast of Vancouver Island. “And it continued, and it got worse and worse”.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the tremor had a magnitude of 4.4, hitting the foothills northwest of San Bernardino.
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The temblor was followed by several apparent aftershocks, including one with a preliminary magnitude of 3.8 at 5:53 p.m. and another with a preliminary magnitude of 3.2, according to the USGS.
