At 2:51 this morning we had an earthquake that that measured magnitude 4.6 and woke me up. I heard it before I felt it. My first thought was that something was rolling down the slope up the ridge and that it had hit the house. Midway through the 5-10 seconds or so, I figured it … Continue reading Earthquake!
For the second time this month, a large quake happened at the southeastern corner of the Juan de Fuca plate, where the Mendicino Rift, the southern edge of the plate meets the rift that to the south forms the San Andreas Fault and to the north forms the Juan de Fuca Subduction Zone. It is … Continue reading Getting ready to rip???
We had an Earthquake right here in my hometown... pretty cool!It wasn't very big - Mag 2.9 - and basically I just felt a quick jolt, almost like someone had fallen off a footstool or something, only I didn't hear anything, and if someone HAD fallen, there'd be some sort of commotion... so I just … Continue reading A Quake in My Home Town
Seems there's been some shaking recently (Oct 2008) in the North Bend area. I also learned that the Seattle Fault line runs up under North Bend, and ends there. Not to worry: "Big one" is expected.me Small Quakes Recorded in Snoqualmie ValleySnoValley Star - October 22,2008Right at 10:54 a.m. on Feb. 28, 2001, the Nisqually … Continue reading SnoValley Quakes Info
With the increased focus on Seattle's earthquake potential, this seemed a good bit of information to add to my website when I saw this interesting report on USGS... Lots of folks know that Seattle is prone to earthquakes, but not a lot of people know where the fault lines are in the area... 552 - … Continue reading Some info about the Seattle Fault
On the Luckiest day of the century, the 7th year, the 7th month, the 7th day, we went to show off Washington's most famous Mountain, Mt St Helens, to my cousin, who was visiting from Florida. It had been almost a year since I've been there… the longest stretch since I moved back up this … Continue reading A visit to Mt St Helens
It had been a while, so one morning, when the skies seemed like they would be nice the next morning, I took a drive down to Mt St Helens, to see if I could take in a sunrise. I left an hour later than I had wanted to because I forgot to set my alarm, … Continue reading A Mt St Helens Morning
On the way back from a trip to help out at the Portland Marathon, we decided to take a detour and head out The Mountain. Since I had never been to Windy Ridge, we decided to go that way. I've been to Mt St Helens MANY times, but I've always gone "the other" way, to … Continue reading A Drive to Mt St Helens – the “back way”
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