A 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck 70 miles northwest of Seattle early Monday, causing mild tremors in the region, with authorities warning of potential additional tremors ...

Earthquakes are part of Washington’s past, present, and future, and we have local Native American tribes to thank for ...

Two SHIPS seismic reflection lines crossed the Seattle fault zone, which comprises a number of individual fault splays, line PS-1 in the west and line PS-2 in the east close to downtown Seattle (Fig 1 ...

“There are several fault lines that pass under Seattle, and of course, then we have the Cascadia Subduction Zone out along the coast. So what’s interesting is that we always talk about ‘the ...

Tsunami waves from a magnitude 7.5 earthquake on the Seattle Fault would only take minutes to reach the greater Seattle area, according to a study released in 2022. The Washington State Department ...

Washington is home to dozens of active faults and fault zones, including beneath major cities like Seattle and Tacoma, leading to occasional earthquakes. While these quakes may not be as powerful ...

including major cities like Seattle and Tacoma, is riddled with active faults and fault zones, making seismic events inevitable. While these quakes may not be as powerful as those seen elsewhere ...

BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — People in northwest Washington might have felt an earthquake Friday afternoon. According to the United State Geological Survey (USGS) the earthquake hit near Sechelt ...

KING 5 viewers reported feeling in Tacoma and Seattle and as far as Olympia and ... experiences three types of earthquakes: Shallow fault quakes: Ruptures in faults located in the upper 18 miles ...