List of earthquakes in Washington

This is a list of earthquakes in Washington, a U.S. state.

Date Location MMI Mag. Deaths Injuries Total damage / notes
2001-02-28 Puget Sound VIII 6.8 Mw  0–1 400 $1–4 billion
1999-07-03 Satsop VII 5.8 Mw  7 $8.1 million [1][2]
1965-04-29 Puget Sound VIII 6.7 Mw  7 $12.5 million
1962-11-06 Clark County VII 5.2 Mw  Minor [3]
1949-04-13 Olympia VIII 6.7 Mw  8 At least 64 $25 million
1946-06-23 Strait of Georgia VIII 7.3 Mw  2 Limited
1945-04-29 North Bend VII 5.5 Ms  Minor [4]
1891-11-29 Puget Sound VI Tsunami [5]
1872-12-15 North Cascades VIII 6.5–7.0 scientific interest
1700-01-26 Cascadia subduction zone 8.7–9.2 Mw  Tsunami
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand-alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

References

  1. ^ PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog, Version 2008_06.1, United States Geological Survey, September 4, 2009, archived from the original on 2020-03-13
  2. ^ Jackson, F. J.; Molnar, S.; Ghofrani, H.; Atkinson, G. M.; Cassidy, J. F.; Assatourians, K. (2017), "Ground Motions of the December 2015 M4.7 Vancouver Island Earthquake: Attenuation and Site Response", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 107 (6): 2903, Bibcode:2017BuSSA.107.2903J, doi:10.1785/0120170071
  3. ^ Stover & Coffman 1993, pp. 380, 388
  4. ^ Stover & Coffman 1993, pp. 380, 385
  5. ^ NGDC 1972
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