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Rude Awakening
Topic Started: Jan 31 2009, 01:42 PM (190 Views)
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SEATTLE -- There were no immediate reports of damage from a 4.5 magnitude earthquake that rattled the Seattle and Puget Sound area early Friday, but it was a reminder the urban area is sitting on shaky ground.

The quake at 5:25 a.m. was centered 14 miles northwest of Seattle near Kingston, in Kitsap County, 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 on the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network listed it at 4.5.

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

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


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Fortunately, there were no injuries or damage, but I have to say it's pretty disconcerting to be woke up by a bouncing bed when you're alone in the room! :blink:
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Oh boy! I would be scared sh!%less!
Im glad you are ok
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Glad to hear you and everyone else are OK! It is bad enough to feel them when you are wide awake, but really scary when you are awakened by one and aren't really sure what is going on!!
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We get fairly small ones like this every couple of years or so - don't feel them as much up where I live now, we're farther from most of the faults than Seattle is (it's built right over the top of a BIG one). These little ones are more like pokpok "pay attention and be ready, a big one could come any time." They say the Puget Sound area gets an earthquake of 7.0 or better about every 30-40 years, and the last one was in 1964, so...
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I don't think we've had any earquakes in the North East of England. We did have an eartquake last year in Lincolnshire in the East Midlands that measured 5.2, with some structural damage.
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Glad you are ok. Glad your family is ok, everyone is ok, and there is no damage. Nature can be ferocious and frightening.
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I must have slept through it!
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