Earthquake Stories
Wednesday, February 28, 2001 |
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Updated 4:36 p.m.
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State of emergency declared
OLYMPIA -- Thurston County Commissioners declared a state of emergency in the county at 1:34 p.m. today.
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Updated 11:59 p.m.
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Mayor Stan Biles on assessing the damage
OLYMPIA -- Structural and highway engineers will be out in force today, evaluating damage to at least 27 evacuated buildings and five major roads damaged in Wednesday's earthquake, Olympia Mayor Stan Biles said.
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Updated 11:59 p.m.
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Building damage
Wednesday's earthquake took its toll on a number of buildings around South Sound. Many have been closed until structural engineers can assess their stability.
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Updated 11:59 p.m.
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Northbound Hwy 101 closed
THURSTON COUNTY -- A landslide caused by Wednesday's earthquake left a 60-foot gash in U.S. Highway 101, closing northbound lanes between Olympia and Shelton.
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Updated: 10:39 p.m.
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Hospitals go into disaster control mode
SOUTH SOUND -- More than 50 people were treated for broken bones, muscle sprains and strains, and anxiety-related chest pains and asthma attacks in South Sound hospitals and urgent care clinics after Wednesday's earthquake.
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Updated 10:43 p.m.
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Schools reported minimal damage
Despite shaking, rattling, rocking and rolling, there were few minor injuries -- and no major ones -- in South Sound schools after Wednesday morning's earthquake.
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Updated 11:59 p.m.
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Power and phone outages
THURSTON COUNTY -- After the shaking stopped, the phones started ringing in darkened homes.
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Updated 10:53 p.m.
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Gas line rupture forces residents from homes
TUMWATER -- Residents of 50 mobile homes in Tumwater Mobile Estates were evacuated Wednesday when a gas line ruptured during the earthquake.
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Updated 11:59 p.m.
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How to prepare for an earthquake
If there is one message to be learned from this earthquake, it is to think ahead.
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Updated 5:20 p.m.
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Olympians tell their stories
Trapped in elevator
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Updated 11:59 p.m.
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Olympian residents share experiences
OLYMPIA -- Allion Brewer was in bed and thought he was ill when the quaking started.
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Updated 10:49 p.m.
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Quake damages Capitol dome, shakes up legislators
OLYMPIA - The earthquake that struck South Sound on Wednesday morning shook Washington government to its core, cracking the stone shell of the state Capitol dome and damaging more than 20 state office buildings.
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Updated 8:49 p.m.
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Olympia earthquake rocked Pacific Northwest
SEATTLE (AP) -- A powerful earthquake rocked the Northwest on Wednesday, shattering windows, crushing cars in showers of bricks and sending frightened people running into the streets of Seattle and Portland, Ore. About 200 people were injured and damage was estimated at more than $1 billion.
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Updated 6:50 p.m.
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Olympia was overdue for temblor
OLYMPIA -- Scientists have said for years that the Puget Sound region was overdue for a damaging earthquake.
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Updated 6:10 p.m.
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Olympia Damage
OLYMPIA -- A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck near here Wednesday morning leaving dozens of residents homeless, injuring at least 35 and damaging schools, roads and downtown buildings.
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Updated 4:10 p.m.
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Thurston damage report
At 10:55 a.m. Wednesday 7.0 earthquake centered in the Nisqually Delta rocked the South Sound.
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Updated 6:10 p.m.
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Northwest prepared for earthquake
SEATTLE (AP) -- It was the largest earthquake in the Pacific Northwest in more than half a century, registering a magnitude of 6.8. But most of the region's buildings and bridges appeared to have made it through relatively unscathed.
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