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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.
Wildfires in the greater Los Angeles area continued to burn mostly out of control on Thursday, with at least five blazes engulfing more than 45 square miles.. At least 16 people have died as a ...
Wildfire smoke has spread miles from the major blazes as fire crews and the National Guard work to control them. Follow live coverage here See before and after photos from the California wildfires:
According to California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) statistics, 9,317 wildfires burned a total of 377,340 acres (152,700 hectares) in the US state of California in 2001. [1] 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 ...
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 ...
The Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center burns during the Eaton fire in Pasadena, CA, on Jan. 7, 2025. A ferocious wildfire in a Los Angeles suburb devoured buildings and sparked panicked evacuations ...
As of Thursday, Jan. 9, officials said that the harsh winds that had fueled the flames were abating, somewhat, although the two largest fires, Palisades and Eaton, remained 0% contained.
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 ...