A preliminary earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale hit 31.1 kilometers southeast of Port Angeles, Washington near the Olympic National Park.
A 4.5 magnitude earthquake hit Orcas Island early on the morning of Monday, March 2. It was the biggest quake that Washington has seen since 2020, according to U.S. Geological Survey data. It's the latest in a string of tremors to hit the Pacific Northwest.
A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck at 5:02 a.m. Monday, March 3, in western Washington, the the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 10-mile deep quake hit about 6.2 miles from Orcas, according to the USGS. More than 6,800 people from as far away as Portland, Oregon, and Issaquah reported feeling the tremor to the agency.
Some Vancouver Island residents reported feeling an earthquake that rumbled near Port Angeles, south of Victoria, on Wednesday, marking the fourth earthquake in just three weeks in the region.
An earthquake shook parts of western Washington early Saturday morning. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a magnitude 3.4 quake hit the Auburn area around 3:45 a.m.
The earthquake, which had a shallow depth, was reported around 1:30 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.