That wasn’t the Thanksgiving turkey talking back — there was a quake near Whatcom
That wasn’t the turkey talking back — the stuffing, green bean casserole or pumpkin pie, neither.
That rumbling you may have felt Thanksgiving evening was a small earthquake just 15 miles south-southwest of Bellingham.
A 2.3-magnitude earthquake struck at 6:53 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 26, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The epicenter was located just off the east coast of Guemes Island, according to the USGS, approximately 2.4 miles north of Anacortes. It was approximately nine miles beneath the earth’s surface.
It was the second small earthquake to rattle Guemes Island in the past two weeks, following 2.5-magnitude quake Nov. 16.
No damage was reported Thursday, and nobody has reported feeling the quake on the USGS’ “Did You Feel It?” web page as of Friday morning.
Quakes of less than magnitude 3.0 are common, and tens of thousands are reported worldwide every year, according to the USGS.
A quake of magnitude 1.0 to 3.0 is not felt except by a very few under especially favorable conditions, according to the USGS.
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