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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.
A stretch of Washington State Route 302 near Allyn, Washington, damaged after the earthquake. A magnitude 6.0 struck Andreanof Islands, Alaska, on February 1 at a depth of 33.0 km (20.5 mi). [17] A magnitude 5.1 struck Gujarat, India, on February 8 at a depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi). [18] It is an aftershock of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake ...
Puget Sound: VI: Tsunami [5] 1872-12-15: North Cascades: VIII: 6.5–7.0: scientific interest: 1700-01-26: Cascadia subduction zone: 8.7–9.2 M w Tsunami: Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand-alone articles. The principles described also apply to ...
A California state bar rule allows students to apply to law school through completing the College Board’s College-Level Examination Program, the district attorney’s office said in a news release.
The California Supreme Court should reject the Bar’s approach and restore sanity to a process that matters so much to the practice of law. The California Supreme Court should reject the Bar’s ...
Earthquakes in 2001–2010 Strongest magnitude 9.1 M w, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami Deadliest 9.1 M w, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami 227,898 Total fatalities 792,667 Number by magnitude 9.0+ 1 8.0–8.9 12 7.0–7.9 141 6.0–6.9 1,454 5.0–5.9 16,500 2011–2020 → The following is a list of significant earthquakes for the period 2001–2010, listing earthquakes of ...
A magnitude-9.0 earthquake would result in a tsunami that would reach Puget Sound. What comes after the Big One? Even after the Big One is done, aftershocks should be expected, Bodin said.
Damaging earthquakes are well known in the Pacific Northwest, including several larger than magnitude 7, most notably the M9 1700 Cascadia earthquake and the M7.0–7.3 earthquake in about 900AD on the Seattle Fault. The M6.5 1965 Puget Sound earthquake shook the Seattle, Washington, area, causing substantial damage and seven deaths. This event ...