Just try visiting the San Juan Islands without provoking daydreams of running away to live among the orcas and farmstands.

Shaking was felt across northwestern Washington ... Islands region near the border with Canada. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake occurred at about 5:02 a.m. and was centered about six miles east of ...

A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck about six miles east of Orcas Island, Washington, on Monday, March 3, 2025. (Courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey) What if I'm driving during an earthquake?

by Steven McCarron, KOMO News TOPICS: ORCAS ISLAND, Wash. — Tens of thousands of people in western Washington and southwestern British Columbia felt a magnitude 4.5 earthquake on Monday that ...

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 ...

People across western Washington felt it, too. At 5:02 a.m., a 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck near the town of Olga on Orcas Island, according to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN).