(UPDATE: Nov. 28 @ 11 am) – The shaking felt in the Okanagan at 1:36 am today was not caused by the magnitude-1.5 earthquake in Montana.

According to Earthquakes Canada, it was actually a magnitude-2.2 tremor that was measured with a depth of 8 kilometres just south of Penticton.

People in Penticton, West Kelowna and even some in Kelowna have reported that they felt or were woken up by the quake.

KelownaNow apologizes for the misinformation in this morning's story. 

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(Original story: Nov. 28 @ 8:40 am) – A small earthquake just south of the 49th parallel was felt by many residents in Penticton today.

The tremor was recorded at 1:38 am in Eureka Montana, about 600 kilometres southeast of the Okanagan.

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The US Geological Survey measured it as a magnitude-1.5 quake with a depth of 7.7 km.

Although it was low on the Richter scale and hundreds of kilometres away, a number of Penticton residents took to the city’s popular Facebook group to report being woken up by shaking.

“Did we just have an earthquake? It was pretty strong,” posted Shawn Pepin.

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Her inquiry was met with comments like, “it was odd, like a big sonic boom, ”“(I) thought someone hit the house,” and “it shook my whole house too.”

There were a number of other posts in the group with dozens of people confirming they felt significant shaking at 1:38 am, but also a few who said they were awake and felt nothing.

Either way, it’s likely been a while since Penticton was awake and so active in the wee hours of the morning.