A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck the Pacific Northwest, just miles from Seattle, Washington.
According to the US Geological Survey, the quake struck 5.05pm ET on Tuesday, approximately 22 miles from the city of 784,000 people.
In the first hour after the seismic event, more than 5,000 people reported feeling the quake around the Puget Sound area, which includes Seattle, Tacoma and the state capital of Olympia…