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The epicenter was in the southern Puget Sound, northeast of Olympia, but the shock was felt in Oregon, British Columbia, eastern Washington, and Idaho. [6] This was the most recent of several large earthquakes that occurred in the Puget Sound region over a 52-year period and caused property damage valued at $1–4 billion.
The largest wildfire of the year in California was the Observation Fire in Lassen County, which burned 67,700 acres, and the most destructive was the Poe Fire in Butte County, which burned 133 structures. [2] Cal Fire wildfire suppression costs for fires that burned within the agency's jurisdiction amounted to US$109 million. Damages for the ...
It is an aftershock of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake. Additional damage was caused, and 40 people were injured. A strong magnitude 6.6 struck El Salvador, on February 13 at a depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi). 315 people were killed. [19] A magnitude 7.4 struck Sumatra, Indonesia, on February 13 at a depth of 36.0 km (22.4 mi). [20]
Sep 11, 2001: Budd Inlet (Puget Sound) Cause: Earthquake—2001 Nisqually earthquake [9] [10] Nolan Creek Bridge: 1931: Dec 15, 1999: Nolan Creek: Carbon River Bridge: 1921: Mar 4, 1998: Carbon River: Cause: Fire—Wooden deck and wooden approach arch burned following vehicle collision [c] Naches River Bridge: 1938: Feb 9, 1996: Naches River ...
What would a 9.0 earthquake mean for the area? Big One-related research efforts made national headlines this summer, including in The Washington Post.NBC News recently reported that between the ...
Another notable intraslab earthquake in the Puget Sound region was the magnitude 6.8 2001 Nisqually earthquake. Intraslab earthquakes in Cascadia occur in areas where the subducting plate has high curvature. [13] Much of the seismicity that occurs off the coast of northern California is due to intraplate deformation within the Gorda plate.
There have been just under 40 earthquakes of magnitude 6.0 or larger in the past century within 150 miles of Thursday’s earthquake, which was the most powerful to rattle the state since a 7.1 ...
The chances for a 6.0 magnitude or greater earthquake to occur along the Seattle Fault within the next 30 years is 80-85%, according to one seismologist.