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The Nisqually quake in Seattle was a 6.8 but it was 57km (35 miles) deep. It was also on the other side of Tacoma sort of in between Tacoma and Olympia. The d
by lamontcg 3y ago
The Nisqually quake in Seattle was a 6.8 but it was 57km (35 miles) deep. It was also on the other side of Tacoma sort of in between Tacoma and Olympia.
The depth of that quake made it a lot less severe than it could have been, only killed one person, but estimated it cost $1b to $4b in damages.
- thijson 3y agoI remember how it felt, I thought I was sick, because I felt this rocking motion. I thought it was just me, then I stood up and saw a plant shaking, so I knew it was everything else that was shaking too. The amplitude slowly increased, reached a maximum, then decreased over the course of what seemed like a minute. It was a quite slow frequency, possibly due to the depth. This was from Portland.
- lamontcg 3y agoI was on the 8th floor of a brick building in Seattle. If it had been a shallow quake I would be dead. There was a whole lotta motion. Can't remember what it damaged, though, other than some glass bottles on top of the refrigerator that fell off and shattered everywhere in the kitchen.