List of earthquakes in Washington (state)

This is a list of earthquakes in Washington, a U.S. state.

DateLocationMMIMag. DeathsInjuriesTotal damage / notes
2001-02-28Puget SoundVIII6.8 Mw0–1400$1–4 billion
1999-07-03SatsopVII5.8 Mw7$8.1 million[1][2]
1996-05-02DuvallVII5.6 Mwscientific interest
1965-04-29Puget SoundVIII6.7 Mw7$12.5 million
1962-11-06Clark CountyVII5.2 MwMinor[3]
1949-04-13OlympiaVIII6.7 Mw8At least 64$25 million
1946-06-23Strait of GeorgiaVIII7.3 Mw2Limited
1945-04-29North BendVII5.5 MsMinor[4]
1891-11-29Puget SoundVITsunamiNGDC
1872-12-15North CascadesVIII6.5–7.0scientific interest
1700-01-26Cascadia subduction zone8.7–9.2 MwTsunami
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References

  1. ↑ USGS (September 4, 2009), PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog, Version 2008_06.1, United States Geological Survey
  2. ↑ Jackson, F. J.; Molnar, S.; Ghofrani, H.; Atkinson, G. M.; Cassidy, J. F.; Assatourians, K. (2017), "Ground Motions of the December 2015 M4.7 Vancouver Island Earthquake: Attenuation and Site Response", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Seismological Society of America, 107 (6): 2903, doi:10.1785/0120170071
  3. ↑ Stover & Coffman 1993, pp. 380, 388
  4. ↑ Stover & Coffman 1993, pp. 380, 385
Sources

  • NGDC, Significant Earthquake Database, National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
  • Stover, C. W.; Coffman, J. L. (1993), Seismicity of the United States, 1568–1989 (Revised), U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527, United States Government Printing Office
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