what about in the seattle earthquake Magnitude 4.6 Earthquake Rattles Seattle Area?
No Reports of Damage From 4.5-Magnitude Seattle Earthquake Friday, January 30, 2009 SEATTLE — There were no immediate reports of damage from a 4.5-magnitude earthquake that rattled the Seattle and Puget Sound area early Friday, but it woke a lot of people up. The quake at 5:25 a.m. was centered 14 miles northwest of Seattle near Kingston, in Kitsap County. The U.S. Geological Survey initially reported it as a 4.6-magnitude quake, but the University of Washington report on the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network listed it at 4.5. The network shows it was felt throughout the Puget Sound area in Western Washington, and people reported feeling it in Victoria, British Columbia, 71 miles to the north. Many said they were shaken awake. “It shook the house like something had hit the roof,” said Robert Lyden on Anderson Island in Puget Sound. “It just woke us up.” Other than knocking a water fountain off his deck there was no damage, he said. Lacey Menne says it shook her home as she was preparin
No reports of damage as 4.6 quake rattles Seattle The cracking of the Juan de Fuca plate, deep beneath the Olympic Peninsula, rattled the Seattle and Puget Sound area at 5:25 a.m. today but there were no immediate reports of damage from the 4.6 magnitude earthquake. By Sara Jean Green Seattle Times staff reporter Related * Pacific NW Seismic Network motion graph * PNSN quake map * Map | Reader reports of earthquake activity Map data ©2009 Tele Atlas – Terms of Use See more mapped stories The cracking of the Juan de Fuca plate, deep beneath the Olympic Peninsula, rattled the Seattle and Puget Sound area at 5:25 a.m. today but there were no immediate reports of damage from the 4.6 magnitude earthquake. “It was significant but not huge,” said Bill Steele, coordinator of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network’s Seismology Lab, located at the University of Washington. “We’ve had no reports of damage and we don’t expect any.” By 7 a.m., seismologists had received 900 reports from people who f
There were no immediate reports of damage from a 4.5-magnitude earthquake that rattled the Seattle and Puget Sound area early Friday, but it woke a lot of people up. Sources: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,485619,00.
