2001 Nisqually earthquake
The 2001 Nisqually earthquake occurred at 10:54:32 local time on February 28, 2001, and lasted nearly a minute. The intraslab earthquake had a moment magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The epicenter was in the southern Puget Sound, northeast of Olympia, but the shock was felt in Oregon, British Columbia, eastern Washington, and Idaho. This was the most recent of several large earthquakes that occurred in the Puget Sound region over a 52-year period and caused property damage valued at $1–4 billion. One person died of a heart attack and several hundred were injured.
A stretch of Washington State Route 302 near Allyn, Washington, damaged after the earthquake
A large van was crushed by bricks in a Seattle parking lot.
Olympia is the capital of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat and most populous city of Thurston County.
From top, and left to right: Old Capitol Building, East Olympia, Interstate 5 at the junction of U.S. Route 101, Port of Olympia, Downtown from Capitol Lake, Washington State Capitol, Salmon sculpture, Mount Rainier, Percival Landing Park, Olympic Mountains and Swantown Marina
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The Old Capitol Building in 1906
Astronaut photograph of Olympia, Washington, taken from the International Space Station (ISS)
