A flurry of earthquakes in the Seattle area over the last couple of weeks has some residents asking if that means the "Big ...

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Monday’s early morning earthquake rattled a few nerves and had many Islanders thinking about the 'great' rattlers that have come and gone, as well as the 'big ones' looming ...

A 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck Monday morning near the Orcas Island in northern Washington state. The temblor occurred at about 5 a.m. and was centered near the Washington-Canada border, about 18 ...

The 4.5 magnitude earthquake originated at 5:02 a.m. 10 kilometers east of Orcas and was felt as far north as Vancouver and as far south as Seattle, according to an estimated shake map from the U.S.

This earthquake is larger than much of the recent seismic activity around western Washington, according to initial reports.

ILWACO — In legislation with initial bipartisan support, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) is advocating major steps at U.S. Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment. The Coast Guard Authorization Act of ...

He told NBC News that if a major quake were to hit the Cascadia, shaking would last five minutes, but tsunami waves would batter the coast for 10 hours. Roads and bridges would be destroyed ...

Washington is at a high risk of experiencing devastating earthquakes, with the potential for a tsunami, warns an expert. Harold Tobin, Director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, has ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone, located off the coast, has the potential to trigger "the big one", a catastrophic event that could result in severe shaking and a tsunami, warns Tobin. The last ...

They’re impossible to predict but inevitable in our future. Washington has a high risk of damaging earthquakes. “Washington has, second only to California, the greatest risk from earthquakes ...