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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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Volcanic hazards at Mount Rainier

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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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Snohomish County PUD battery backup

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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

Western Washington Forecast

Clouds around early but then turning partly sunny. Chance of a few late afternoon showers. Wetter tonight.

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Rolled ice cream is this summer's must-have treat

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The Lemon Drop Boutique in Ballard has vintage down to a tee

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Seattle family looks to solve love letter mystery

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Signed, Sealed, and Delivered!

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We're drooling over the small batch donuts at Tempesta - KING 5 Evening

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Mount St. Helens blew her top on May 18, 1980

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Art exhibit aims to show joyous side to life with Alzheimer's

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Is one of Seattle's 'Last 6000' exceptional trees in your yard?

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Washington hospital featured on national 'Ghost Adventures' show

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Determined raccoon snacks on Snohomish bird feeder

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Washington's greenhouse gas emissions got worse

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Pride of PNW: Boating in Washington's Ship Canal

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