Earthquakes

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

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

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
Coastal Washington tribe creates higher ground by building tsunami tower, first of its type here

There is a new option to escape a tsunami if you’re on the southwest coast of Washington when the Big One strikes. The Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe on Friday dedicated a 50-foot tall evacuation tower in Tokeland, Washington. Tribal leaders and the Federal Emergency Management Agency said the new tsunami refuge platform should be an example and inspiration for other vulnerable coastal communities.
Tom Banse
By air and by bike, civilian pilots and cyclists rehearse delivering aid after 'The Big One'

A huge dress rehearsal for regional earthquake disaster relief was supposed to happen next week until the ongoing pandemic forced its cancellation. The scrubbed Cascadia Rising exercise would have involved more than 22,000 participants – chiefly U.S. soldiers, sailors and airmen as well as state, local and tribal emergency planners. Some smaller drills are going ahead this weekend and next featuring civilian volunteers who will demonstrate unusual ways aid may get to Pacific Northwest earthquake survivors.
Tom Banse

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