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The public should look at the maps before a tsunami hits and learn the routes ... earthquake — a 7.5 magnitude quake — beneath Puget Sound would inundate Seattle’s shoreline under more ...
EVERETT, Wash. — Could a tsunami, which starts miles off Washington’s coast, make its way deep into Puget Sound or Hood Canal? New maps from the Washington Geological Survey show it's not only ...
The public should look at the maps before a tsunami hits and learn the routes ... earthquake — a 7.5 magnitude quake — beneath Puget Sound would inundate Seattle’s shoreline under more ...
We have now entered that time window. So, can a tsunami occur in the Puget Sound region? A powerful Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake would produce tsunami waves, not only across the Pacific ...
No part of the Puget Sound shoreline would be unaffected. Maps showing wave heights at specific locations can be found here <>><>> The tsunami would first arrive as a trough, with sea levels ...
if you are near the ocean or in Puget Sound as soon as a large earthquake hits or tsunami warning sounds, evacuate to higher ground. To view the new evacuation maps, visit the DNR website.
Washington state has the second-highest seismic risk in America, according to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, and although tsunamis are rarer than earthquakes, they have ...
A computer model that can predict the impact of a tsunami from the San Francisco ... which left evidence of flooding in the Puget Sound area, was along the Cascadia fault. A West Coast quake ...