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The Chimakum, also spelled Chemakum and Chimacum Native American people (known to themselves as Aqokúlo and sometimes called the Port Townsend Indians [1]), were a group of Native Americans who lived in the northeastern portion of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state, between Hood Canal and Discovery Bay until their virtual extinction in 1902.
Many whose loved ones are from Taiwan, which just suffered a 7.4-magnitude quake, and those from earthquake-prone areas of the U.S. said more preparedness would've help.
Intraslab (Benioff zone) earthquakes, such as the M 6.7 2001 Nisqually earthquake, caused by slippage or fracturing on a small part of the subducting plate at a depth of around 50 km (31 miles). Relatively shallow crustal earthquakes, generally less than 25 km (16 miles) deep, caused by stresses and faulting in the near-surface crustal structures.
The A.D. 900–930 earthquake is believed to be the only instance in the past 7,000 years of the type that causes a regional uplift. The other type is more localized and shallower (and therefore more damaging); at least four such events are believed to have occurred in the past 3,000 years on the west end of the fault.
Port Townsend: 61 Federal Way: 57 ... According to a USA TODAY power outage tracker, there were about 396,000 power outages reported across the state of Washington as of 5:30 p.m. ET.
At least 2,818 buildings have collapsed, including a 2,000-year-old castle and a mosque dating back to 1247
The Peninsula Daily News is a daily newspaper printed Sundays through Fridays (for publication days of Monday through Saturday), covering the northern Olympic Peninsula in the state of Washington, United States.
Port Townsend / ˈ t aʊ n z ən d / is a city on the Quimper Peninsula in Jefferson County, Washington, United States.The population was 10,148 at the 2020 United States Census.It is the county seat and only incorporated city of Jefferson County.