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Your garage or basement could help UW scientists study earthquakes

Your garage or basement could help UW scientists study earthquakes

UW is looking for volunteers with garages and basements all around Puget Sound to help scientists study earthquakes.

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What will 'The Big One' feel like? Oregon simulator mimics 9.0 earthquake

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UW to study how earthquake shaking could be amplified in Seattle, Tacoma

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Disaster exercise tests Seattle's response in case of magnitude 6.7 earthquake

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Photos: 2001 Nisqually Earthquake

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Raw: 2001 Nisqually earthquake footage

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Washington volcanoes among most dangerous

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Great ShakeOut drill prepares students for major earthquake

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It will cost nearly $1.3 billion to seismically retrofit Seattle's older buildings

A new report details the total cost of seismically retrofitting hundreds of buildings throughout the City of Seattle.

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Western Washington Forecast

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Brief morning clouds for Father's Day will burn off to afternoon sunshine. Temps warming well into the 70s.

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Mercer Island principal skydives to inspire students to face fears

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What will 'The Big One' feel like? Oregon simulator mimics 9.0 earthquake

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