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Western Washington is basically one big subduction zone, and the Nisqually quake was at a depth of 52km, which is roughly where the Juan de Fuca plate and the North American plate meet below the Olympia area. In fact, search for "nisqually" and "subduction" on google and you'll get dozens of hits that refer to it as a subduction earthquake. The sentence needed rewritten because saying the earthquake occured BELOW the North American plate and IN the Juan de Fuca plate is technically inaccurate, but Nisqually was a subduction quake. I'm putting information back in regarding this. -- nknight 13:16, 7 May 2004 (UTC)
This article needs to be expanded quite a bit. I think some subsections need to be added: Reach of Quake Damage: Move damage descriptions into this section, expand to include information that damage occurred to buildings in Wenatchee and Yakima, over 100 miles away on the opposite side of the Cascade Range (Wenatchee damage included cracks in school and city buildings).
Effect on the Alaska Way Viaduct: Discussing damage, replacement, etc. of the Alaska Way Viaduct.
Some more sections may also be needed. I'll begin research sometime in the next few weeks. Cascadia TALK| HISTORY 16:51, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
It might sound weird, but I was studying Geologyin my old house there in Langley, BC, when that big earthquake struck home. It reminded me the many earthquakes back in Taiwan. That was so scary! The Professional 06:17, 8 June 2007 (UTC)Jack Lin.
The article states that the epicenter of the quake was at 47.15N 122.73W, under Anderson Island. The location indicated is on the Kitsap Peninsula, 16 miles NW of Anderson Island according to Google Earth 5.0.1137.1968. The West longitude minutes (.73) appears to be a typo. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CityKid ( talk • contribs) 22:38, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
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The area in Pio Sq which got hit hardest was right where there had been a big riot 9-10 hrs earlier. As such, there was a lot of chatter (talk radio, newspaper columns) about how God was "smiting" us. Tongue-in-cheek, mainly, but it was common.
More importantly, I believe the mayor, police, etc. commented that there would have been serious casualties/deaths had the quake occurred a bit earlier, when the square was full.
I think this deserves a section. 209.172.25.201 ( talk) 01:12, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
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I added these sections to improve the understanding of how this major earthquake affected the area. Jason1035 ( talk) 19:54, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
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Greetings. I hope this request is in the correct place.
Since this was the most powerful earthquake I ever experienced, I wondered why the event's @45 second duration was not included in the article.
Thanks for any consideration into the additional data.
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