Seattle Earthquake 2009: 4.5 Magnitude Earthquake Wakes Seattle

An earthquake hit this morning near Seattle! Thus far, there are no reports of damage from a 4.5 magnitude earthquake that rattled the Seattle and Puget Sound area early Friday morning. Read more on the Seattle earthquake 2009 below!

Seattle’s earthquake hit at about 5:25 a.m., and was centered 14 miles northwest of Seattle near Kingston at a depth of 36 miles.

The U.S. Geological Survey initially reported it as a 4.6 quake, but a University of Washington report listed it at 4.5.

The earthquake was felt by residents in the Puget Sound area in Western Washington, and people reported feeling it in Victoria, British Columbia, 71 miles to the north.

John Vidale said the earthquake was from the same source as the 6.8 magnitude Nisqually earthquake on Feb. 28, 2001.

That earthquake, under the Nisqually River delta between Tacoma and Olympia, was the largest quake to shake the area in more than a half-century.

From Seattle Times:

Small earthquakes are fairly common in the Pacific Northwest. But the Friday morning earthquake was the largest in Washington since a 4.6 in October 2006 near Mount Rainier.

“It shook the house like something had hit the roof,” said Robert Lyden on Anderson Island south of Tacoma in Puget Sound. “It just woke us up.” Other than knocking a water fountain off his deck there was no damage, he said.

Lacey Menne says it shook her home as she was preparing to go to work at the Coastal Cafe in Kingston.

“It wasn’t strong enough to make anything fall,” she said. “It was like, what is that? I think it might be an earthquake. It’s totally an earthquake!”

Seattle radio and TV stations heard from callers who said they felt the shaking for 10 or 15 seconds.

The state Transportation Department sent inspectors to check bridges and overpasses in the region, including the downtown viaduct, but said there were no immediate reports of damage.

Source: news

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