earthquake

If you spend any time in the Northwest, it isn’t long before you start hearing about “the big one.” That’s the giant 9.0 earthquake and tsunami predicted…

Twenty years ago this Sunday, the Nisqually earthquake rattled the region. It registered 6.8 on the Richter scale and shook for 40 seconds. The damage was…

Twenty years ago Sunday, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit the Puget Sound region. If you went through the Nisqually quake, you probably have a story to go…

OLYMPIA — New videos show how a large earthquake could set off tsunamis hitting Washington state's outer coast within 15 minutes, and the Tacoma…

Nearly 20 percent of people in Washington and 15 percent in Oregon speak a language other than English at home. Emergency managers from around the West...

Scientists say it’s not a matter of if, but of when a devastating earthquake will hit the Pacific Northwest.University of Washington researchers have now…

On Thusday, people across the state will be taking part in the Great Washington ShakeOut. It’s an earthquake drill. You might remember this sort of…

The threat of a nuclear attack, immigration enforcement and paying by the mile to drive are all on the agenda as Washington lawmakers hold meetings the...

When a massive tsunami hit the northeast coast of Japan in 2011 , waves of water overtopped sea walls, swallowed buildings and surged higher than...

The earthquake was the strongest to hit western Montana in years; it was followed by at least 10 measurable temblors with magnitudes of up to 4.9.