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Witness location : Coupeville (USA) (21 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 103 min

Woke me up from sleeping.  Quick shake/rolling feeling

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (26 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

I heard a rolling rumble approaching for a few seconds, then the house shook sharply but briefly. I could hear the water in a nearby bathroom’s toilet bowl splash.

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (26 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 86 min

Low rumble.. then creaks and groans.

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (27 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Short but strong

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (27 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

Door to the deck rattled. My husband thought someone was trying it to get in. I thought it must be an earthquake

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (28 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 806 min

Woke us up, noted the time, went bs k to sleep

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (28 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Was in bed and felt a light rumble

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (29 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Felt luke a big truck hit a big bunp right outstde my building

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (29 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 167 min

Woke me up out of a sleep

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (30 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 64 min

I thought I felt shakes before and after the earthquake. Nothing was knocked off of shelves and our cat didn’t react to it.

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (30 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Windows shaking and low rumble. Very brief, only a couple of seconds.

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (30 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

In Fairfield by Ross Bay. Windows shook and a low rumbling sound. Only lasted a couple of seconds

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (30 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

I was sleeping and it felt like someone had fallen out of bed on the floor above.it woke me up.

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (30 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Heard rumbling but didn't feel movement.

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (30 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

At about 5:54 am PST a small quake felt here.

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (30 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

It woke me up

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (30 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

No not really. Just woke me and my partner up from sleeping as the house shook a little. Maybe a second and a half.

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (33 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Only last two seconds. Dishes rattled in the kitchen, felt like a big truck drove by.

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (33 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

At home in bed, husband in kitchen. Felt the bed vibrate and the dishes rattled for 2-3 secs

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (33 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

It rattled some pictures.

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (34 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Dog woke me up 30 seconds before it happened.

Witness location : Saanich (Canada) (34 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 94 min

House shook once, briefly

Witness location : Saanich (Canada) (35 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Mild bit strong enough to wake me up. 5:56 AM

Witness location : Saanich (Canada) (36 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Laying in bed and house shook for a second.

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (37 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

I was awake and felt the house shook for about two to three seconds.  There were some dishes clattering and pictures moving during the event.

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (37 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Heard and felt it, it woke me up

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (37 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

It was a brief rumbling that lasted only a few seconds. I could feel it in bed and heard my dishes rattle.

Witness location : Colwood (Canada) (38 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Shook the bed, woke me up

Witness location : Colwood (Canada) (38 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Felt bed rumble which woke me up, as if my husband might have moved.

Witness location : Colwood (Canada) (39 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

The blinds rattled a little.

Witness location : Langford (Canada) (39 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 31 min

Felt like a loud explosion that shook our building.

Witness location : Langford (Canada) (39 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Felt bed shake and earrings jostled on bedside table!

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (39 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 314 min

I heard and felt a slight thud. The house is over deep bedrock so usually do not feel shakes. And is in an active construction area so attribute slight shake and noise to that as it can happen anytime between dawn and dusk. It was light here, figured a big truck had stopped on street outside suddenly or something.

Witness location : Camano Island (USA) (39 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Laying in bed and my window shook and the house shook ever so slightly for only a second

Witness location : Camano Island (USA) (39 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

Laying in bed and it was a quick jolt and not a rolling type earthquake

Witness location : Victoria (Canada) (43 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

House settled, loud noise outside. Cat growled at it

Witness location : Sooke (Canada) (47 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 64 min

Dog went bezerk

Witness location : Sooke (Canada) (47 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 74 min

I live in Sook, sounded like a truck coming down the road, then a snap and the windows rattled and it was over!

Witness location : Sooke (Canada) (51 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 121 min

It woke me up. Only last for a short time.

Witness location : Capital (Canada) (56 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 151 min

Large bang

Witness location : Keyport (USA) (70 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 70 min

We were asleep and didn’t feel it here.

Witness location : Surrey (Canada) (98 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 217 min

Week vibration for couple seconds