Earthquakes

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Environment

What a ‘cloud’ of small earthquakes means for the PNW, and how to prepare for bigger ones

Pacific Northwest Seismic Network director Harold Tobin joined KUOW’s Kim Malcolm to discuss our recent shakeups, and how to prepare for more damaging events.
Kim Malcolm

John O'Brien
Science

Is an uptick of rumblings under Mount Adams cause for seismic concern?

The last time Mount Adams erupted was more than 1,000 years ago, but it's been making some noise lately. We talked to an expert about what that could mean for the volcano.
Kevin Kniestedt

John O'Brien
Environment

Whole lotta West Coast ShakeAlerting going on

Today's worldwide Great Shakeout drill served as a serious test of earthquake preparedness. It wasn't meant to happen twice.
Kim Malcolm

John O'Brien
These earthquake-prepped Washingtonians know exactly when the next shakeout will be
KUOW Staff

Dyer Oxley
Environment

Mild quake shakes PNW. Are you ready for something bigger?

Did you feel it Sunday night at 7:21? Some did, others had no idea. That's when Western Washington experienced a 4.3 magnitude earthquake. It was centered south of Port Townsend, near Marrowstone Island, but deep down, about 35 miles below the Earth's surface.
John O'Brien
World

11 days after the quake, a few more survivors are pulled from the rubble in Turkey

Even as the death toll in Turkey and Syria has risen to more than 41,000, search teams in southern Turkey have rescued a few people who were trapped in the debris.
The Associated Press
Government

More than 1K Seattle buildings aren't ready for an earthquake

Seattle officials could finally require seismic retrofits for masonry buildings
Paige Browning
Environment

Turkish Americans in Washington state raise money for earthquake victims

A Seattle group has been so overwhelmed by donations to Turkey and Syria in the wake of Monday's devastating earthquake that the group now says it is accepting financial donations only.
Natalie Akane Newcomb
Science

Turkey's fault line is similar to faults under Puget Sound

Harold Tobin, a researcher at the University of Washington and director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, says the fault line that caused earthquake that shook southern Turkey near the Turkish-Syrian border and killed more than 7,000 people is similar to the faults under Puget Sound.
Natalie Akane Newcomb
Science

No, you can't predict earthquakes, the USGS says

If someone who predicts an earthquake seems to get it right, it's basically like a broken clock that's right twice a day, a USGS seismologist tells NPR.
Bill Chappell

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