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  2. List of earthquakes in Washington - Wikipedia

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    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 lists.

  3. 1958 Lituya Bay earthquake and megatsunami - Wikipedia

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    The Lituya Bay megatsunami caused damage at higher elevations than any other tsunami, being powerful enough to push water up the tree covered slopes of the fjord with enough force to clear trees to a reported height of 524 m (1,719 ft). [9] A 1:675 recreation of the tsunami found the wave crest was 150 m (490 ft) tall. [14]

  4. Seattle Fault - Wikipedia

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    The Seattle Fault was first recognized as a significant seismic hazard in 1992, when a set of reports showed that about 1,100 years ago it was the scene of a major earthquake of about magnitude 7 – an event that entered Native American oral traditions. Extensive research has since shown the Seattle Fault to be part of a regional system of faults.

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

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    The 7.0 earthquake earlier this month led to a tsunami warning that was quickly ... The metropolitan city of Seattle — home to more than 730,000 — is at risk in both a Seattle Fault earthquake ...

  6. Puget Sound faults - Wikipedia

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    The Seattle Fault is a zone of complex thrust and reverse faults ... landslides into Lake Washington, and a tsunami on Puget Sound. [109] ...

  7. It Could Happen Tomorrow - Wikipedia

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    A massive earthquake hits off the coast of Seattle. The Tsunami that would follow would cause catastrophic damage to the entire west coast of the United States and beyond. Based on the 1700 Cascadia earthquake, 1964 Alaska earthquake and the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.

  8. 20 years later: A look at the deadliest disaster to strike ...

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    On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.2-magnitude earthquake shook Southeast Asia, triggering the worst tsunami in recorded history. According to United Nations estimates, more than 220,000 people were killed ...

  9. 1700 Cascadia earthquake - Wikipedia

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    The most important clue linking the tsunami in Japan and the earthquake in the Pacific Northwest comes from studies of tree rings (dendrochronology), which show that several "ghost forests" of red cedar trees in Oregon and Washington, killed by lowering of coastal forests into the tidal zone by the earthquake, have outermost growth rings that formed in 1699, the last growing season before the ...

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