The seismic assessment, which was done as a part of the military branch's Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP), identified issues associated with the potential of a large scale earthquake
It's part of a worldwide campaign to practice "drop, cover and hold" at 10:18 a.m. Seismologist Bill Steele at the University of Washington says earthquakes do and will happen in the future and we all need to know how to survive.
SEATTLE (AP) — A magnitude 3.6 earthquake shook an area of the Olympic Peninsula northwest of Seattle.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the small earthquake occurred at about 8:55 p.m. with a depth of 51 kilometers, or nearly 32 miles.
It was centered less than a mile east of Quilcene...
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. (AP) — A small earthquake struck near Port Townsend in Admiralty Bay.
The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network says the earthquake happened shortly after 10 p.m. Wednesday between Port Townsend and Oak Harbor, Whidbey Island...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal scientists forecast that Oklahoma will continue to have the nation's biggest man-made earthquake problem but it probably won't be as shaky as recent years.
In its annual national earthquake outlook, the U.S. Geological Survey reported Wednesday that a large portion of Oklahoma and parts of central California have the highest risk for a damaging quake this year: between 5
A small earthquake rattled the southern Puget Sound area, but there were no reports of damage or injury.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 3.5 temblor struck shortly before midnight Saturday and was centered about 8 miles northeast of Olympia...
A University of Washington seismologist says there is no connection between the earthquake in California and those that typically hit the state of Washington.