3.4 magnitude earthquake shakes Puget Sound region
A small earthquake centered near Bremerton shook the central Puget Sound area early Wednesday.
The quake registered at 3.4 magnitude and occurred about 1:15 a.m. It was centered about two miles northeast of Bremerton, in the channel just off the small community of Enetai, according to the U.S. Geological Survey earthquake website.
The earthquake was about 25 kilometers deep.
The shaking was widely felt across the Puget Sound region, according to the USGS "felt" map.
There were no initial reports of damage or injury.
This is the latest in a series of small earthquakes that have shaken the region since May 4.
Thirty quakes have been recorded since then - mostly underneath Sinclair Inlet.
That's the waterway used by ferryboats to travel between Seattle and Bremerton.
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