Thurston damage report

Mike Burnham/ The Olympian

At 10:55 a.m. Wednesday 7.0 earthquake centered in the Nisqually Delta rocked the South Sound.

Officials at CAPCOM say the quake started about 30 miles underground. What follows is a list of damage, closures and school reports gathered from official sources and Olympian reporters.

INJURIES

The city of Tumwater reported 10 to 12 minor injuries.

As of 2:30 p.m. today, 35 people with injuries attributed to the earthquake had been brought into Providence St. Peter Hospitals emergency room. None of the injuries were life-threatening.

But the hospital was alerted there may be people with serious injuries coming from the Olympian Hotel.

Hospital officials said they were operating in disaster mode, with emergency personnel being called in or on alert.

DAMAGE

City of Olympia reported no major damage to schools or public buildings, only minor damage and sporadic power outages.

There was possible damage to two buildings in downtown Olympia and to the Rails-to-Trails bridge over Yelm Highway.

Rural Road and 28th Street had cracks from the ground shifting.

Madrona Beach Road had a possible slide and was closed; the Madrona Beach Bridge was cracked.

The northbound U.S. Highway 101 bridge at Mud Bay was closed because of a landslide and traffic was diverted to McCleary, causing traffic to back up for several miles.

The Black Lake-Belmore Bridge was cracked on both sides.

The ceiling in the Capital High School gym was damaged and there were possible injuries.

The Knox building (headquarters for the Olympia School District) may have sustained damage.

An apartment building at 519 Washington Street was damaged, and all residents had not been accounted for as of 12:15 p.m.

Lincoln School has gigantic cracks on outside walls on the east side of building, near the entry.

The south wall of Skookum Bay Outfitters in downtown Olympia crashed into an alley.

Steamboat Island residents reported lots of damage, including landslides, phone damage and downed trees.

The Olympia city water system had a small water line break that was quickly repaired. No problems were reported at the LOTT sewage treatment plant or to the Lacey, Tumwater and Olympia sewer systems.

SCHOOLS Certified OK as of 12:30 p.m. today:

Washington Middle School;

Reeves Middle School;

All Tumwater schools;

St. Michaels School;

Black Lake Elementary reported one injury;

All schools in the the southern portion of the Olympia School. The district will be holding all students in all grades until all traffic routes open.

The North Thurston School District will be holding all kindergartners until they are sure all traffic routes are open.

North Thurston School District will be closed Thursday and hadnt yet made a decision about Friday.

The Evergreen State College was evacuated at 12:14 p.m.; the library is operational.

CLOSURES

Interstate 5 has been closed at milepost 76 while officials check for structural damage. There is no re-route plan at this point.

Olympias Fourth Avenue Bridge was closed due to damage.

Lights at nearly every intersection from Martin Way to Fourth Avenue are out; drivers are asked to treat them as four-way stops.

There are road closures at Lakeridge Drive, possibly due to a slide.

Martin Way is closed between Ensign and Lilly roads because of a landslide at Fatsos Tavern, according to Andy Haub, project coordinator for Olympia public works department. There is a gas line hanging with supporting dirt removed, but the line is intact. Power lines in the area are down and have been turned off. The road is closed.

There may also be leak in a water line in the 8000 block of Pacific Avenue.

There is a 2-foot crack on Afflerbaugh Drive and Mullen Road.

Deschutes Parkway between courthouse hill and downtown is reduced to one lane.

The road and a building collapsed at 518 Capitol Way at Olympia Federal.

All lanes of northbound U.S. Highway 101 were closed north of Highway 8; a detour was routed through McCleary because of a landslide an eighth-mile from the junction. The State Patrol expects it will be a long-term closure.

Union Pacific has closed the rail line between Seattle and Portland because six miles of track near Nisqually have moved.

All of the Capitol Campus has been evacuated.

POWER OUTAGES

Reported in Fire Districts 5 and 9.

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