Small quake near Mount Baker gets Whatcom's holiday weekend shaking
Whatcom County got the holiday weekend shaking when a small earthquake rumbled near Glacier on Friday night, July 3.
An earthquake, initially measured as 2.4 in magnitude but later downgraded to 2.1 according to the U.S. Geological Survey, shook the region at 11:56 p.m..
The epicenter was approximately 2 miles west of Glacier, the USGS reports, and approximately 25 miles east northeast of downtown Bellingham, according to googlemaps.com. That’s approximately 11.5 miles from the summit of Mount Baker.
The quake was relatively shallow — only 0.3 kilometers deep — the USGS reported on the webpage for the quake.
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