Residents Startled As Quake Rattles Seattle Area

SEATTLE (AP) – A 4.5 magnitude earthquake rattled the Seattle and Puget Sound area early Friday, waking up a lot of people.

There were no immediate reports of damage.

The quake at 5:25 a.m. was centered 14 miles northwest of Seattle near Kingston, in Kitsap County.

It was felt as far away as Victoria, British Columbia, 70 miles to the north.

Seattle radio and TV stations heard from callers who said they felt the shaking for 10 or 15 seconds.

A 6.8 magnitude quake shook Washington state on Feb. 28, 2001, damaging the state Capitol in Olympia and historic buildings in Seattle.

It was the largest earthquake to shake the area in more than a half-century.