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The 2001 Nisqually earthquake occurred at 10:54:32 local time on February 28, 2001, and lasted nearly a minute. [5] The intraslab earthquake had a moment magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII ( Severe ).
Twenty-two years ago, on a sunny Wednesday just before 11 a.m. on Feb. 28, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake suddenly struck 11 miles below the Nisqually Delta.For about 45 seconds, the shaking and ...
A professor at the University of Washington explains the technology behind tracking earthquakes and possibly warning people seconds before it hits.
2001 Nisqually earthquake; S. 2001 southern Peru earthquake This page was last edited on 7 September 2023, at 22:10 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
On the day after the Mardi Gras riot, Seattle experienced the 6.8 M w Nisqually earthquake, the worst in 37 years. Its scale caused people to refocus their attention on earthquake recovery and away from the violence. Outside the Seattle area, the incidents attracted little media attention and have largely been forgotten.
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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 ...
Former security doorman Jim Ruble recalls an eerie stillness at the state Capitol moments before the Nisqually earthquake struck in 2001. ‘The air was very still.’ WA native recounts memory of ...