Cascade Lake in Washington's Moran State Park is seen on Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands, June 7, 2021.
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Luke 21:11 There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
Important Takeaways:
- An earthquake struck the northwest part of Washington state near the U.S.-Canada border early Monday morning, officials said. A tsunami wasn’t expected following the earthquake.
- The preliminary magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck about 6 miles east of Orcas, Washington, on Orcas Island, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
- The temblor struck at around 5:02 a.m. PST, according to the agency.
- The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center said a tsunami wasn’t expected in the wake of the earthquake.
- The earthquake struck about 70 miles northwest of Seattle, according to the warning center.
- Orcas Island is part of the archipelago known as the San Juan Islands, which comprises dozens of islands and reefs in the northern part of Puget Sound.
- In the nearby Canadian province of British Columbia, the earthquake was felt around Victoria and Vancouver, according to officials. No damage was immediately reported.
- The temblor was detected just hours after a 3.9 magnitude earthquake struck near North Hollywood, California.
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