Residents are urged to secure household items, maintain emergency kits, and participate in statewide drills such as the Great ...
Western Washington tends to have a higher risk of earthquakes than the eastern part of the state, since the state’s Pacific coast is closer to the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The Cascadia fault line ...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake shook near Squamish, British Columbia Friday afternoon. Many earthquakes in Washington state are linked ... Shallow fault quakes: Ruptures in faults located in the ...
"One would expect the power to be down, natural gas lines ... earthquakes that can occur in the subducting plate beneath Western Washington, our state is also crisscrossed with crustal faults ...
It was the biggest quake that Washington ... earthquakes than the eastern part of the state, since the state’s Pacific coast is closer to the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The Cascadia fault line ...
With Washington’s location along the Cascadia Subduction Zone and several active fault lines in the state, more than 1,000 earthquakes occur in the state each year, according to the Washington ...