Eyewitness News viewers reported feeling the temblor in Pomona, Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario, Sherman Oaks, Glendale, Fontana, San Bernardino, Norwalk, La Puente and Riverside, among other communities within Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties.
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“There are no reports of damage, and none would be expected”, Earthquakes Canada says.
It wasn’t until the shaking stopped several seconds later that it became obvious British Columbia’s south coast had been hit by an quake.
The 4.7-magnitude quake erupted at 11:39 p.m. and was felt across much of the Lower Mainland, according to Earthquakes Canada. “These deep earthquakes tend to have very few or, most often, no aftershocks”, said Cassidy.
The strongest natural disaster on record in Oklahoma is a magnitude 5.6 centered in Prague in November 2011 that damaged 200 buildings and shook a college football stadium.
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. Minutes later it was followed by aftershocks of magnitude 3.8 and 3.2.
Fire Department tweeted that the small quake was a “Good reminder to be prepared”. Big subduction earthquakes, like the one that struck Japan in 2011, also occur in the Juan de Fuca plate.
CBS SF noted that data gathered from the U.S. Geological Survey said that two quakes actually struck both ends of the state and each had a magnitude of over 4.0.
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A similar sized tremor struck just hours earlier near San Bernadino, California. Washington residents said pictures fell off shelves and the shaking woke them up.All of a sudden, my whole house was out of control, Kellen Lamborn of Anacortes told Seattle television station KOMO-TV.
