Magnitude-4.4 natural disaster shakes Southern California suburbs

So far, there have been no reports of major damage or injuries.

Police in the area also said they had no reports of problems from the quake.

The quake, which was upgraded from a 4.3-magnitude to a 4.4, happened around 5:48 p.m.at a depth of 3.1 miles, Caltech officials said. "My daughter came running out of her room screaming, 'Mommy did you feel that?'" KOMO reported that several residents of Washington towns like Port Angeles and Anacortes felt substantial shaking, in addition to folks around Vancouver and Seattle. Some witnesses reported walls shaking slightly for a few moments and then abruptly stopping.

"It was felt by thousands of people across British Columbia to distances of about 200 kilometres", he said.

A 4.8-magnitude natural disaster struck near Victoria, British Columbia in Canada at about 11:39 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The west coast of North America is one of the most seismically active zones on Earth.

SkyTrain's Expo and Millennium lines were shut down for approximately an hour as a safety precaution to ensure the elevated guideways were not damaged by the tremors.

The strongest quake on record in Oklahoma is a magnitude 5.6 centered in Prague in November 2011 that damaged 200 buildings and shook a college football stadium.

BC Hydro reported that the quake had no impact on its electrical transmission and distribution systems.

The aftershock registered 3.8, according to the United States Geological Survey.