An earthquake shook near Mount Vernon on Tuesday morning.
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — A 2.9 magnitude earthquake was recorded early Tuesday morning near Mount Vernon.
The shakes were recorded around 1:59 a.m. Tuesday about 3 kilometers west of Mount Vernon, according to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network. It was recorded at a depth of 8.7 km.
No impacts from the earthquake have been reported so far.
Earthquakes around western Washington
Many earthquakes in Washington state are linked to the motion of the Juan de Fuca Plate and the North American Continental Plate moving against each other as the Juan de Fuca
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