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  2. Ocosta Elementary School - Wikipedia

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    In the event of a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake off the Washington coast, evacuation from the vicinity of the school would be by vehicle on single-lane State Route 105 and would have to get all the children to safety off the low-lying peninsula within a 30-minute window between National Tsunami Warning Center's alert and the arrival of a ...

  3. A ‘non-destructive’ tsunami was spotted after California’s ...

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    Up the coast, Washington has hazard maps made for multiple tsunami scenarios. The metropolitan city of Seattle — home to more than 730,000 — is at risk in both a Seattle Fault earthquake ...

  4. Tokeland, Washington - Wikipedia

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    During early talks to build a tsunami evacuation tower, studies were undertaken by the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe, in conjunction with several local, state, and federal agencies, that determined the Tokeland area could be hit by a tsunami 10-foot tall (3.0 m) within a range of 10 to 22 minutes after an ensuing high-magnitude earthquake. [9]

  5. Cascadia subduction zone - Wikipedia

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    All along British Columbia, Washington State, and Oregon, the coast had fallen due to a violent earthquake and been covered by sand from the subsequent tsunami. [7] A further ghost forest was identified by Gordon Jacoby, a dendrochronologist from Columbia University, 60 feet (18 m) underwater in Lake Washington. Unlike the other trees, these ...

  6. A mega-earthquake could strike the Pacific Northwest ... - AOL

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    A tsunami evacuation sign in Long Beach, Washington. ... the director of the emergency-management division of Washington state's Military Department, told Business Insider, "just because of the ...

  7. Washington is at high risk of tsunamis and waves up to 42 ...

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    Here’s how to be prepared for a tsunami as Washington faces high risk. Skip to main content. News. 24/7 help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Login / Join ...

  8. “In Washington, most people who actually live in the tsunami inundation zone don’t have any high ground nearby,” Allen said. In that case, vertical evacuation structures built within the ...

  9. Category:Natural disasters in Washington (state) - Wikipedia

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    Natural disaster deaths in Washington (state) (6 P) E. Earthquakes in Washington (state) (7 P) T. ... 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami; 2012 Tunnel Creek avalanche