A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit Vancouver Island during the lunch hour Friday with enough force to be felt in the Okanagan. The U.S. Geological Survey, which downgraded the quake from a 6.7 magnitude, reports the quake hit 138 km west-southwest of Campbell River. It hit at a depth of 25.9 km. Castanet has heard from a number of people in the downtown Kelowna area stating they felt the quake. "My co-workers and myself were working in one of the Lankmark buildings
when the quake hit," says Jeremy Burgess in an e-mail sent to
Castanet. "I noticed myself swaying back and forth and thought that it was odd. I
then noticed my blinds were swaying in time and the building was
creaking. Before the tremor stopped I confirmed with a few co-workers
that they also felt the quake. It was an odd sensation to say the
least, a little like floating in low ocean waves." Eric Stansfield lives on the 7th floor of the Centuria building at the corner of Bernard and Gordon. "The whole building was shaking for several seconds," says Stansfield. "Our lights were swaying. When it stopped, we got out." A resident of the Sunset Waterfront also felt it. "I could literally feel and see the building swaying." There have been no reports of significant damage.--------
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