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ORCAS ISLAND, Wash. — Tens of thousands of people in western Washington and southwestern British Columbia felt a magnitude 4.5 earthquake on Monday that struck near the southeast side of Orcas Island.

Shaking was felt across northwestern Washington early Monday morning as an earthquake struck the San Juan Islands region near the border with Canada. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake occurred at about ...

If you felt some shaking while making your Monday morning coffee, you weren't imagining things. People across western Washington felt it, too. At 5:02 a.m., a 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck near the ...