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In the weeks since WW‘s reporting, the rumblings for seismic safety have grown strong enough to shake the School Board.
If the once-every-500-year Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake doesn’t do enough damage to the coastal Northwest on its own, ...
Daytime travelers who use the 97-year-old U.S. Highway 101 Simpson Avenue Bridge between Aberdeen and Hoquiam will want to plan additional travel time.
There’s no shortage of literature about prepping for an earthquake or other natural disaster. The Red Cross, Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management, and FEMA (plus other state and federal ...
EUGENE, Ore.-- The stalled Chambers Street bridge project is back up and running after a lengthy delay for drivers and ...
Across all the locations that the group measured, the low estimates held that the ground would sink by 0.23 to 0.67 meters, depending on the area. The medium estimates ranged from 0.46 to 1.34 meters ...
It's a matter of when -- not if -- a significant earthquake will shake the Pacific Northwest, and a new study says some areas ...
“The Pacific Northwest Disaster Guide” is published by Ooligan Press, a student-run publishing house at Portland State ...
A Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake could cause long-lasting changes to Washington’s landscape, coastline and floodplain, a ...
A recent study found that a powerful quake off the Pacific Northwest could force the ground to sink up to 2 m, leading to ...