earthquake

Just a light shake in the Waterville area—nothing to worry about, but it's a reminder that the earth is always moving.

Thousands of residents will be impacted, and hundreds of miles of coastline will be permanently underwater when the next “Big One” happens off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. Study suggests it could happen before the year 2100.

There's definitely a lot of things shakin' around the town of Tonasket these days. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the small community of roughly 1,100 residents in Northern Okanogan County has been the site of 39 small earthquakes since Sunday (April 13), including three in excess of magnitude 3...

Residents around Entiat felt a small shake Tuesday evening. The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network reports a 2.1 magnitude shake hit just south of Orondo along the Columbia River around 6:30 p.m. Multiple people indicated they felt the shake on the Wenatchee Valley Crimes Rants & Raves Facebook Group. ...

Many residents of the San Juan Islands were given an early wake up call when an earthquake measuring 4.5 on Richter scale struck on Monday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) says the temblor, which hit at 5:02 a.m. and was centered about six miles east of Orcas, was felt by many in the Bellingham area and as far north as Vancouver, British Columbia and as far south as Seattle...

Copalis Beach is a quiet fishing town and is famous for solving a 323-year-old mystery – a mystery which is explained in detail in the Netflix series, ‘Earthstorm’ - a warning that the Pacific Northwest is due for another massive earthquake.

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A small earthquake shook things up for residents in the Entiat area on Thursday evening. The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN) indicates a temblor registering 2.1 on the Richter scale struck at 7:19 p.m. only three miles east of Entiat...

Washington Emergency Management Division and Washington Geological Survey earthquake experts, along with Grant County Emergency Management, will be offering a presentation on earthquake preparation in Moses Lake. The crash course will be at the Moses Lake Council Chambers on Tuesday, October 1 from 2-3:30 for folks interested in learning some earthquake education and tips on how to prepare for the

ShakeAlert is a new earthquake notification system that measures waves that are caused by earthquakes and can send notifications to people that might be impacted by the tremor. Bill Steele of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network says the alert will generally only allow 10-20 seconds of warning...