The Nisqually Earthquake Information Clearinghouse
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*  ABOUT THIS SITE

This clearinghouse has been established at the University of Washington to facilitate the collection, dissemination, and archiving of data describing the Nisqually Earthquake that occurred at 10:54 a.m. on February 28, 2001.

* THE EARTHQUAKE

Based on preliminary assessments by University of Washington Seismology Laboratory the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.8, a depth of 52 km, with a hypocenter about 17.8 km NE of Olympia, Washington.

* SPONSORS

Sponsors of this clearinghouse include:

The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute

The National Science Foundation Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center

The University of Washington

The United States Geological Survey

The Federal Emergency Management Agency

The Washington Department of Natural Resources

The Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup (CREW)

* EERI PRELIMINARY RECONNAISANCE REPORT

Click the link above to view the 32-page document (PDF).

*  SEISMOLOGICAL INFORMATION

•  Seismological Observations

•  General Information

•  PNSN Nisqually Earthquake Information Site

*  GEOTECHNICAL INFORMATION

•  Images

•  Facts and Figures

•  Links

* STRUCTURAL INFORMATION

Buildings:

•  Images
•  Facts and Figures

Bridges:

•  Images
•  Facts and Figures

* LIFELINES INFORMATION

* SOCIO-ECONOMIC INFORMATION

*  RECONNAISANCE FORMS

Please use the reconnaissance forms below to report INFORMATION of earthquake damage to the appropriate department.

*   Building damage reconnaissance form

*   Geotechnical damage reconnaissance form


*  EMAIL US

Contacts for each department are as follows:

Seismology
Bill Steele, bill@geophys.washington.edu

Geotechnical
Steve Kramer, kramer@u.washington.edu

Structures
Buildings: Gregory MacRae, macrae@u.washington.edu
Bridges: Marc Eberhard, eberhard@u.washington.edu

Lifelines
Donald Ballantyne, dbballan@eqe.com

Socio-Economics
Peter May, pmay@u.washington.edu


Parapet Debris off of the Washington Federal Savings Building, Olympia
[Parapet Debris off of the Washington Federal Building, Olympia]



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