A 2.9-magnitude earthquake jolted Western Washington awake Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

The 5.7-mile-deep quake hit less than a mile from Mount Vernon at 1:01 a.m., according to the USGS.

More than 130 people reported feeling it from as far away as Seattle and Bellingham.

Mount Vernon has a population of about 35,000.

Many people commented on Facebook saying the quake woke them up, shook their home or rattled their bed.

“It shook the house. I’m less than a mile from the epicenter in east Mount Vernon. It lasted maybe 15 seconds,” one person commented.

“I felt it in Big Lake. I thought it was a jet flying over head from the navy base,” another person said.

“Yes I was laying in bed in La Conner and my bed was shaking beneath me,” someone else commented.

“Yep. Woke m

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