An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 shook an area in Central Washington last night, according to to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
The quake's epicenter was 16 miles north of Leavenworth, Wash. It originated 6.33 miles deep and struck at 7:45 p.m. local time last night, the USGS reports. Although residents felt light shaking all the way west to Olympia, the local media has reported no injuries, fatalities or damages, other than unstable objects possibly being toppled.
"We really felt it here in Leavenworth. Felt like our house was being bulldozed," Kaitlyn Griffith said on the local KING 5 News Facebook page, KGW reports.
"The whole house shook, everything rattled, the water and the dogs dish went from side to side and it was just a huge roar like a big thunder rumble right on top of us," said Pam McElravy to KGW reporters, who was at the Lake Chelan YMCA camp during the quake.
On the USGS website, hundreds of people responded to the "Did you feel it?" post. At 9:21 p.m., an aftershock occurred with a magnitude of 2.4.
"Wiggle, jiggle and shake with a popping sound that sounded like someone slapped the house," Chris Millsap of Manson said to KGW.
Although scientists generally know what causes earthquakes, they are as of yet unable to predict specific quakes. The size or magnitude of a quake depends on how large its parent fault is and how much it has slipped. Geologists can determine the origins of a quake by reading seismographs.
