2001 Nisqually earthquake

2001 Nisqually earthquake
A stretch of Washington State Route 302 near Allyn, Washington, damaged after the earthquake
2001 Nisqually earthquake is located in Washington (state)
Olympia
Olympia
Seattle
Seattle
2001 Nisqually earthquake
UTC time2001-02-28 18:54:32
ISC event1780664
USGS-ANSSComCat
Local dateFebruary 28, 2001 (2001-02-28)
Local time10:54:32 a.m.[1]
Magnitude6.8 Mw [1]
Depth57 km (35 mi) [1]
Epicenter47°11′N 122°40′W / 47.19°N 122.66°W / 47.19; -122.66 [1]
TypeNormal[2]
Areas affectedPacific Northwest
Total damage$1–4 billion [3]
Max. intensityMMI VIII (Severe)[4]
Peak acceleration0.3 g [4]
TsunamiNo
Casualties1 dead (heart attack), 400 injured[3]

The 2001 Nisqually earthquake occurred at 10:54:32 local time on February 28, 2001, and lasted nearly a minute.[5] The intraslab earthquake had a moment magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The epicenter was in the southern Puget Sound, northeast of Olympia, but the shock was felt in Oregon, British Columbia, eastern Washington, and Idaho.[6] This was the most recent of several large earthquakes that occurred in the Puget Sound region over a 52-year period and caused property damage valued at $1–4 billion. One person died of a heart attack and several hundred were injured.

  1. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference ISC-GEM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Ichinose, G.A.; Thio, H.K.; Somerville, P.G. (2004). "Rupture process and near‐source shaking of the 1965 Seattle‐Tacoma and 2001 Nisqually, intraslab earthquakes". Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 31 (10): n/a. Bibcode:2004GeoRL..3110604I. doi:10.1029/2004GL019668.
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  5. ^ McNair-Huff, Rob & Natalie (2016). Washington Disasters. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 163. ISBN 978-1-4930-1322-7.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference McDonough was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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