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Seattle isn't even that close to the earthquake's epicenter. The Olympic Mountains and about 100 miles stand between the city and the ocean. For people on the coast, the shaking is much worse.
A sizable 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck near the Oregon Coast Wednesday afternoon. The National Weather Service (NWS) first announced the earthquake on social media, saying it struck at around 1 ...
This is a list of earthquakes in Washington, a U.S. state. Date Location MMI Mag. Deaths Injuries Total damage / notes; 2001-02-28: Puget Sound: VIII: 6.8 M w ...
But the Seattle and Tacoma faults are probably the most serious earthquake threat to the populous Seattle–Tacoma area. A 2002 study of bridge vulnerability estimated that a magnitude 7 earthquake on the Seattle Fault would damage approximately 80 bridges in the Seattle–Tacoma area, [ 30 ] whereas a magnitude 9 subduction event would damage ...
Footage shows fans jumping at Taylor Swift's concert in Seattle, which generated activity equivalent to a 2.3 magnitude earthquake, according to a seismologist. Jackie Caplan-Auerbach said the ...
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 ...
An earthquake shook off the Oregon coast Wednesday afternoon. The earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean, more than 170 miles west of Bandon, Oregon at 1:15 p.m. local time, according to the U.S ...
The 1965 Puget Sound earthquake occurred at 08:28 AM PDT (15:28 UTC) on April 29 within the Puget Sound region of Washington state. It had a magnitude of 6.7 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum perceived intensity of VIII ( Severe ) on the Mercalli intensity scale .