CNN (http://edition.cnn.com/2001/US/02/28/northwest.quake.02/index.html)
reports a prelim. mag. of 6.4, epicenter 11 miles northeast of Olympia.
-Joe
Chris Olds wrote:
>
> Preliminary mag is 6.2, damage reported south of Seattle.
> The best (skimpy) info I have on the epicenter is that it is somewhere
> south of town, but nothing more specific. It was reportedly felt in
> Portland.
>
> /cco
>
> (you're apparently not even the only FoRK to hear the quake on a
> conference call - what a connected world we live in, eh?)
>
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Meltsner, Kenneth wrote:
>
> > I just was on a conference call about 10 minutes ago with several folks in Kirkland WA (near Seattle). We had to "call" the telecon on account of earthquake -- it must have lasted at least 15 seconds, with a couple of aftershocks. Really, really weird to be talking with them during this. Lots of "Get under the desk" and "Whoa!" comments.
> >
> > They guessed around 6, but that assumes that Kirkland was near the epicenter.
> >
> >
> > Ken Meltsner
> > Computer Associates
> > Senior Architect, Portal TAG Team
> >
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