Residents from Metro Vancouver to the Capital Region District felt some shaking late Wednesday as a magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck the Strait of Georgia.

Shortly after the quake hit the international border between Sidney Island and Stuart Island in Washington state, Province readers from Victoria to Maple Ridge reported the ground shook, windows rattled and whole houses shuddered, with the tremor reportedly lasting between five and 20 seconds.

Manos Kanavaros of Richmond said he felt the quake while he was lying in bed, describing it as a “three-second house ‘shudder.’”

South Surrey resident Sean Logan was at home with his wife and a guest when he felt the house move around 11 p.m.

“My wife says it felt as though a bulldozer hit our house,” he said.

No damage was reported, and no tsunami warning was issued.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck at 10:36 p.m., 22 kilometres northwest of Friday Harbor, Wash.

Several wags made light of the rumblings on Twitter, with a few wisecracks about the turkey repeating



Read more: [link to www.theprovince.com]