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REMEMBERING AND REBUILDING
Earthquake
10:54 A.M., FEBRUARY 28, 2001
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2002
SECTION EDITOR:
DEMAREST, DUSTI
ddemares
@olympia.gannett.com
360-357-0721

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Remembering and rebuilding
Earthquake took its toll, but lessons have been learned

JOHN DODGE, THE OLYMPIAN

OLYMPIA -- The 6.8 magnitude Nisqually Earthquake was a close brush with calamity, a natural disaster filled with lessons both learned and ignored. "The more we looked at it, the more we realized how lucky we were," said Bill Steele, seismology lab coordinator at the University of Washington.
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Not if,
but when:
Many take steps to be prepared

Awareness leads to more insurance

SCOTT WYLAND, THE OLYMPIAN
THURSTON COUNTY -- As Michael Carey sees it, the Nisqually Earthquake stripped away many people's sense of invincibility.
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Geological Information:

-Center for Integration of Natural Disaster Information: map of earthquake area

-Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network

-Geophysics Program at the University of Washington

-U.S. Geological Survey: National Earthquake Information Center

-DID YOU FEEL IT? REPORT IT HERE! Let the U.S. Geological Survey know.

-U.S. Geological Survey

 
About quakes
 What's going on down there?
  • Deep earthquakes
    Deep earthquakes like last year's Nisqually quake are caused by faults in the Juan de Fuca plate as it is forced under the North American plate.

  • Shallow earthquakes
    Shallow quakes occur less than 15 miles down and are caused by faults in the North American plate.

  • Collecting data
    The Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network at the University of Washington collects and relays information about the earth's movements at stations across the Northwest.
ONE YEAR LATER
Map of damage What's fixed, what's not

Parts of South Sound are still recovering. Here's an update on some of the major damage.
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Earthquake gallery
Includes:

Emergency Preparedness
Emergency Preparedness

Earthquake Recovery: South Sound six months later

2001: A year like no other


Residents mark anniversary of
Nisqually quake

'Grapefruits were rolling'

FARHANAZ KERMALLI, PAT CONDON AND BRAD SHANNON
THE OLYMPIAN

OLYMPIA -- One year ago Thursday, ceiling tiles fell, grapefruits ran wild, and water sprayed legislators.

Many South Sound residents dug up deeply imbedded images of the event on the first anniversary of the Nisqually Earthquake.
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