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Witness location : Saanich (Canada) (12 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

My whole bed shook and I heard a rumble outside at 4:05 a.m.

Witness location : Sidney (Canada) (14 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Near the airport and it felt like swaying around in a bathtub gently for a few seconds. I happened to be awake anyway and it creeped me out!

Witness location : Friday Harbor (USA) (14 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 170 min

In bed. Felt a jolt. Thought I heard something.

Witness location : Sidney (Canada) (15 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

I heard what I thought was a small distant explosion or collapse of a structure before feeling the house shake. Only lasted for a second.

Witness location : Oak Bay (Canada) (15 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

Did not feel anything but my pet birds panicked and woke me.

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (15 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 58 min

It woke me up. It felt as though someone suddenly jolted the house, There was a noise from it that I was aware of more than shaking, but I had been in a good deep sleep. Dogs didn’t bark at least.

Witness location : Six Mile (Canada) (15 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2652 min

I was actually using the washroom, in the middle of the night. I thought I heard a storm coming or hard rain and then the room started shaking, just a little, but still substantial. I seem to obliviously hold my breath in an earthquake. It might have lasted 7-8 seconds. No damage.

Witness location : North Saanich (Canada) (15 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

At airport, whole terminal shook, doors rattles

Witness location : Brentwood Bay (Canada) (16 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Felt like a cat jumped on the bed, but we don't have a cat. If I wasn't already awake I wouldn't have felt it.

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (16 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Woke me up, it shoke the bed I could sense the shock wave travel through the house.

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (17 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1960 min

Felt building shake, dog got up and barked

Witness location : North Saanich (Canada) (17 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 433 min

Felt it in North Saanich. Sleeping and awoke to a feeling like I was being dropped and the house started creaking. Interesting experience to say the least!

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (17 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Big bump near the beginning then rubbling that took its time going away. Shook the bed a reasonable amount

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (17 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Large bump at beginning, then rumble that lessened but took quite awhile to stop.

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (17 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Felt in Victoria, BC.. Vancouver Island..felt like the floor was dropping out from under my feet. Awake as I’m a night shifter.. a little shaking after.. no damage

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (18 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 92 min

Initial 'Boom' then several seconds of shaking. The monitor on my computer desk was bouncing so hard it rattled. Ornaments on the shelf unit bounced. The bed I was in, shook violently - felt like someone kicked the bed, then shook it.

Witness location : Saanich (Canada) (18 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 215 min

I was sleeping in the car (don't ask) and I woke up to it rocking back and forth very strongly. My first thought was Sasquatch then earthquake.

Witness location : North Saanich (Canada) (18 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

While wearing noise cancelling headphones I was still able to hear and obviously feel my house rumble and heard a few cracks here and there.

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (19 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Just woke me up in Victoria,  BC. Bed was swaying back and forth, window was rattling

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (19 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

It shook the house. Woke me up

Witness location : Southern Gulf Islands (Canada) (19 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 153 min

Felt the bed move and it woke me up.  Piers Island

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (20 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

side of 100+ yr home shook significantly quickly, shallow and close proximity

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (20 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 88 min

Felt bed shaking - woke me up

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (20 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

Felt bed shake and heard a rumble, for a second or two

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (20 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

It was a single jolt that woke me out of my bed. The whole bed moved. And then it was like a small vibrating for a while after.

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (20 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 460 min

The windows started rattling for around 10 seconds and then the bed started shaking for 2 or 2 seconds. Then everything calmed down.

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (21 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 37 min

Although, I was awake, I was jolted out of bed by a sudden strong shaking with accompanying creaking noises from the house.  This lasted a few seconds.  Was very alarming.

Witness location : View Royal (Canada) (21 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 30 min

Significant lurching, we grabbed at each other

Witness location : Langford (Canada) (24 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Gentle shaking in Langford. Woke me up

Witness location : Cowichan Valley (Canada) (25 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Chair I was sitting in shook and moved side to side a few times. Felt like a percussion went through the house.

Witness location : Langford (Canada) (26 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Langford, BC a mild vibration, a short pause, then more vigorous shaking.No damage.

Witness location : Langford (Canada) (27 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 382 min

The room shook for a few seconds and it was a loud rumbling sound

Witness location : Metchosin (Canada) (28 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Felt my bed shake, and heard a low rumble

Witness location : Salt Spring Island (Canada) (33 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Quick shake felt the house move for 2 seconds at 4:95am

Witness location : Salt Spring Island (Canada) (35 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

Shook me out of sleep. Sounded like the house rattled.

Witness location : North Cowichan (Canada) (37 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

I was woken up by the jolt.

Witness location : Sooke (Canada) (40 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

In Sooke, Woke me up

Witness location : Tsawwassen (Canada) (52 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

I felt the bed rattle a bitTsawwassen BC

Witness location : Surrey (Canada) (58 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

The bed did a jolt, woke me up, then I felt shaking. The bookshelf was creaking and I heard a light rumble sound. In south surrey/white rock.

Witness location : Surrey (Canada) (58 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Woke me up as the bed shook and the cabinet was swaying and creaking. Heard slight rumble sound.

Witness location : Surrey (Canada) (58 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Definitely felt the bad move on the below

Witness location : Delta (Canada) (58 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

The lamp on our bedside table rattled for a second. I thought my wife had brushed it with her hand or something, but she hadn’t.

Witness location : Delta (Canada) (59 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

I felt my bed swaying strongly back and forth for about 5 secs.

Witness location : Surrey (Canada) (60 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Felt a short small shaking of what felt like the whole building.

Witness location : Surrey (Canada) (60 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Woke me out of my sleep. Heard my desk and mirror rattling.

Witness location : Richmond (Canada) (62 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

Felt and sounded like an explosion. Scared the cat off my lap.

Witness location : Surrey (Canada) (62 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Slight rattling of computer monitor and then a slight jolt

Witness location : Richmond (Canada) (63 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

Very fast. 2 seconds. Like a quick shake like you have a shiver.

Witness location : Richmond (Canada) (63 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 59 min

I can hear my OC table was shaking for a few seconds

Witness location : Surrey (Canada) (66 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Feltbed shaking and few other things

Witness location : Delta (Canada) (68 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

Woke up by the shaking and house window rattling sound

Witness location : Richmond (Canada) (69 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Felt a shake from an office at YVR Airport

Witness location : Surrey (Canada) (71 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 38 min

In Surrey, felt like someone jumped on the bed three times, cat jumped up in the air. No swaying or rattling.

Witness location : Arbutus Ridge (Canada) (73 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Whole house shook, items on shelves knocked into each other

Witness location : Vancouver (Canada) (73 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Very quick. Vancouver.

Witness location : Surrey (Canada) (73 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

The balcony did not sound happy

Witness location : Surrey (Canada) (73 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

Woke me up. Single jolt, some things in my room rattled.

Witness location : Langley (Canada) (74 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

Woke me up bed was shaking, few mins later my neighbour texted it woke them up and my friend in abbotsford said they heard house creaking and felt bed shaking and it woke them up.

Witness location : Vancouver (Canada) (75 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Short, 2 second tremor with about 10 vibrations. Clearly felt, but not strong

Witness location : Vancouver (Canada) (75 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Woke up, clearly felt at the 2nd floor, furniture rattled but didn't move. About 10 very quick vibrations, lasted for about 2 seconds.

Witness location : Burnaby (Canada) (77 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

The house shook 3 times

Witness location : Vancouver (Canada) (77 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 33 min

Definitely felt my bed shaking while trying to get back to sleep.

Witness location : Coquitlam (Canada) (78 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

Definitely woke me up

Witness location : West End (Canada) (78 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 271 min

I didn’t feel anything. I live in Vancouver BC

Witness location : Stanwood (USA) (78 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 164 min

It felt like a little vibrating. Short enough for me to think about what I'd felt.

Witness location : Burnaby (Canada) (78 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 36 min

Felt like one big wave!

Witness location : Coquitlam (Canada) (79 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Felt a quick strong shake in burquitlam area

Witness location : Vancouver (Canada) (79 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Woke up to creaking sound. Felt a wave in my head

Witness location : West Vancouver (Canada) (84 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 37 min

Very low frequency rumble. No noticeable movement other than a very slight vibration.

Witness location : Coquitlam (Canada) (85 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 382 min

Felt this in Coquitlam. Was sitting at my desk. A shake, 2-3sec pause, then a bit more shaking.

Witness location : Abbotsford (Canada) (85 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 35 min

At Abby hospital ER and felt the shake for few seconds.

Witness location : North Vancouver (Canada) (85 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 45 min

Shaken awake, heard rattling

Witness location : North Vancouver (Canada) (86 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

I woke up to feeling like everything was shaking

Witness location : Coquitlam (Canada) (86 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

House shook for abt 5 seconds.

Witness location : Abbotsford (Canada) (87 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 36 min

Woke me up, bed shaking and items on the dressers were rattling

Witness location : Abbotsford (Canada) (87 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

I felt my bed shaking for few seconds building shook to

Witness location : Abbotsford (Canada) (87 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Whole house shook, loud rattling.

Witness location : Abbotsford (Canada) (91 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

Jiggled us awake

Witness location : Mission (Canada) (92 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Just a quick side to side shift and house made a creaking sound

Witness location : Mission (Canada) (93 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Desk shook for a few seconds, a couple jolts. Everyone in house woke up.

Witness location : Mission (Canada) (94 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

My shower door rattled.

Witness location : Everett (USA) (110 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2202 min

In bed but woke up to the shake in Everett, Washington.

Witness location : Chase (Canada) (353 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

I noticed the initial P wave rattle the bedside lamp and then felt a stronger single jolt of the S wave a couple of seconds later. S wave felt like something had hit our house.