Earthquakes

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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
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
What's behind those mysterious booms in Washington state?

On March 7 folks across Orcas Island heard a BOOM. Some locals said they saw a flash of light along with it. But the source of this sudden, loud noise has been a mystery to local law enforcement over the past month. And that's because it's hard to track something like a boom.
- Libby Denkmann
Washington Legislature gets religion on earthquake retrofits for older school buildings

An effort to jump-start the pace of earthquake retrofits to vulnerable, older school buildings in Washington state has passed the legislature unanimously. The Evergreen State has lagged behind other West Coast states and provinces in reinforcing schools to withstand strong shaking.
- Tom Banse
Washington state and Oregon considering more tsunami refuge facilities along Pacific Coast following

According to a new state study, dozens of elevated evacuation platforms are needed along Washington's Pacific Coast to ensure people can escape a tsunami spawned by a major earthquake on the offshore Cascadia fault zone.
- Tom Banse
A vaccine deadline, a streetcar, and a shakeout, this week

Bill Radke discusses the week's news with Seattle Channel's Brian Callanan, Crosscut's Hannah Weinberger, and Fox13's Jennifer Lee.
- Alec Cowan
When the big earthquake hits, 648 brick buildings in Seattle won’t be ready

50 percent of the old brick buildings in the city have had some sort of seismic repair work done.
- Paige Browning

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