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  Bainbridge Island - Seattle Fault History
In at least four of the five trenches, the latest faulting is probably coeval with the earthquake that caused dramatic uplift of a marine shoreline on Bainbridge Island 1100 years ago.
Relief along the lineament, which we infer to be a fault scarp, probably reflects cumulative offset during a series of surface-faulting earthquakes.
Uplift from that earthquake extends at least 12 km south from the northernmost strand of the Seattle fault zone at Eagle Harbor to Dolphin Point on Vashon Island.
earthquake.usgs.gov /regional/pacnw/paleo/bainisl/sfhistory.html   (1069 words)

  
  ipedia.com: Seattle, Washington Article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Seattle is the largest city in the U.S state of Washington, and in the Pacific Northwest, with a total estimated population of 569,101 as of 2003.
Seattle is also known as the home of grunge music, has a reputation for heavy coffee consumption, and was the site of the 1999 meeting of the World Trade Organization shut down by anti-globalist demonstrators.
Seattle's climate is mild, with the temperature moderated by the sea and protected from winds and storms by the mountains.
www.ipedia.com /seattle__washington.html   (3545 words)

  
 Pacific Northwest (Washington and Oregon) 2005 Earthquake Scenarios
Port of Seattle to Port of Tacoma - From Project Impact
Crustal earthquakes on the Seattle or Tacoma faults
PDF of Elliot Bay Tsunami Inundation model for M 7.3 earthquake on the Seattle Fault - from WA State DNR
www.pnsn.org /NEWS/PRESS_RELEASES/SCENARIOS.html   (181 words)

  
 Local News | Seattle Times Newspaper
Seattle police have identified a man in connection with the groping of a woman in South Seattle on Saturday and say he could be tied to 22 similar attacks in the area over the past two years.
Panel of Seattle judges rules State Patrol lab's breath-test machines unreliable
Seattle, Washington TERRA Staffing Group Wed, 21 May 2008 00:06:14 -0700
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews   (905 words)

  
 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute: Home
The topic is important for structural and geotechnical engineers who are interested in the rapidly emerging application of performance-based procedures to the seismic evaluation and design of structures.
The Seattle Fault Scenario was unveiled on February 28, 2005.
It projects the effects of a magnitude 6.7 earthquake in the Seattle region.
www.eeri.org   (1237 words)

  
 GSIS--2003 Seattle Meeting
Part 1: "The Glacial Geology and Seismic Hazards of the Puget Lowland," led by geologist Tim Walsh (head of the Environmental Geology section of the Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources).
Part 3: The Seattle Underground Tour-Visit the spooky city that lies beneath Seattle's present street level.
Learn about Seattle's colorful past; how the Founding Fathers' squabbling led to Seattle's complicated street system, and how the solutions to our unique plumbing problems affected the town's elevation.
www.library.uiuc.edu /gex/gis/gsismeeting.htm   (690 words)

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