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North Okanagan quake?

There have been reports of a possible earthquake in the North Okanagan.

An email to Castanet suggested there was rumbling in the Cherryville area this afternoon.

The shaking apparently lasted about 15 seconds.

Neither the US Geological Survey or Earthquakes Canada have measured an earthquake in the region today.

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake hit off the Washington State coast north of Seattle early this morning.

A quake which measured 2.3 on the Richter Scale hit three kilometres from Princeton shortly after 2 p.m. Thursday. A second quake, registering 2.9 apparently hit the same area about 9:30 Friday night.

 



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