The top range on the map (110-145 percent) corresponds to the most extreme earthquake damage – masonry and frame structures would be destroyed. The lower end of the scale (20-30) on the Seattle ...

Bellevue will mostly be OK, but Seattle will crumble if the big one hits. Yakima won’t be pretty after an earthquake either. Washington state has a new interactive map to help determine how ...

A 3.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Idyllwild in Riverside County on Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was reported around 12:27 p.m. with a depth of nine miles.

New maps from the U.S. Geological Survey bring Seattle’s earthquake risk into sharper focus and add some unsettling details to what was already a grim picture. Recent surveys discovered a ...

Tens of millions of Americans live in places with a high earthquake risk ... economic damages include the San Francisco, Portland and Seattle metropolitan areas. Also topping this list were ...

It’s a scenario that hasn’t been factored into hazard maps, building codes and ... more than 20 miles underground. “An earthquake on the Seattle Fault is … likely to be much, much more ...

A map has shown an underwater fault line ... an area of real worry that could cause a nine-plus magnitude earthquake.

“But there’s a long history of earthquakes on faults in the ... in the north to Olympia in the south. Maps show that a spot like Great Seattle Wheel on Elliott Bay could see over 40 feet ...

“I think the biggest concern for anybody in Seattle is the event of an earthquake waterline break gas lines break telephone services out they tell you to text instead of trying to use your cell ...