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Small earthquake shakes parts of Greater Victoria Thursday

Driftwood is piled up along Long Beach, in the Pacific Rim National Park on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Melissa Renwick

Some residents in Greater Victoria felt a small earthquake on Thursday night.

The U.S. Geological Survey reports that the quake happened just before 10 p.m. between Victoria and Port Angeles, Wash.

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It was a magnitude 3.7 earthquake at a depth of 40 kilometres.

Residents in Victoria, Oak Bay and Saanich reported feeling some shaking.

Emergency Management BC said there were no damage or injury reports and none were expected.

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