Magnitude 6.8 quake near Nisqually, Seattle/Olympia, Washington

Last updated: 2018-03-26 17:50:59 UTC

The Anza group at the University of California San Diego operates a broadband seismograph network consisting of 13 (+ 2) three component broadband seismograph stations centered near Anza Californa (see map).

On Wednesday February 28th, 2001 around 10:54 PST we recorded a quake (preliminary ml 6.8) located near the city of Seattle. Preliminary reports say that damage has occurred in the Seattle area.

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Initial source parameters for the recent event and aftershocks are shown below. The epicentral distance (distance separating the epicenter and the recording network) for ANZA is 14.4 degrees (1595 km).

This map shows the mainshock (red circle). Anza network stations are blue triangles, KNET network stations are pink triangles. Backgound seismicity is also plotted.

Latitude

Longitude

Origin time

Depth

ml

Author

47.15 -122.720 2/28/2001 (059) 18:54:33 52.4 6.8* QED
47.20 -122.710 3/01/2001 (060) 9:10:21 52.0 3.4 QED

*note that the location and magnitude determined for this event is preliminary and is subject to change upon further review of seismic data.

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Of local interest:
We operate a broadband station on Mt. Soledad. At 18:58:01 station SOL recorded the P wave from this event.

Here is a view of that event as picked by our analyst. The pink "P" indicates a P wave arrival, the "S" indicates an S wave arrival.

View a larger image showing the waveforms recorded at Mt. Soledad.

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URL: http://eqinfo.ucsd.edu/special_events/2001/059/a/index.php [Last updated: 2018-03-26 17:50:59 UTC]