With a small earthquake near Seattle still top of mind, it’s a good time to remind people that the Great Washington ShakeOut earthquake preparedness drill is coming up next week.… Read More
Wildfires and hurricanes are dominating the disaster spotlight, but the threat of a massive earthquake still simmers beneath the surface in the Pacific Northwest. The National Science Foundation today announced… Read More
If the idea of a Seattle earthquake gives you the shakes, this test might be right up your alley. Researchers from the University of Washington are taking part in a… Read More
News this week that a big earthquake in Seattle could trigger destructive tsunami waves that would hit some shorelines in a matter of minutes left at least one GeekWire reader… Read More
If a really big earthquake hits offshore from Seattle, the city’s shorelines could be struck with massive tsunami waves within a matter of three minutes. In a worst-case scenario, the… Read More
Washington state residents have another way to be alerted to an earthquake and potential shaking with the arrival of the MyShake app, a service that was previously only available in… Read More
The news: ShakeAlert, an automated system designed to warn people that an earthquake has occurred and shaking is imminent, is being activated in Washington state today to complete a West… Read More
The West Coast rollout of the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system will be complete on May 4 when the service comes to Washington state, providing residents with technology to detect… Read More
Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast. PBS’s Frontline profiled the Amazon empire and painted a complicated picture of unrelenting ambition. Frontline spent a year examining… Read More
Earthquake experts say current building codes don’t reflect the riskiest features of the Seattle area’s geology — but the outlook for survivability looks a lot better if the Really Big… Read More
A magnitude 9.0 earthquake could certainly qualify as the much-feared “big one” in Washington state. New simulation videos from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources show how big the… Read More
The U.S. Geological Survey is setting aside $10.4 million over the next two years to boost the ShakeAlert earthquake early-warning system in the Pacific Northwest. About $7.3 million of the… Read More
Did you feel it? That was the popular question Friday morning as residents around Western Washington awoke to news that a 4.6-magnitude earthquake rattled near Puget Sound and Seattle just… Read More
Worrying about your own property during an earthquake would be a natural reaction, but what if your home could help in an experiment before an earthquake, to better understand how… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Is it the tick of Earth’s heartbeat, or a ticking time bomb? Either way, instruments that monitor a 14-month pattern in seismic activity could serve as an super-early… Read More
The Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle may have been the place where a lot of us liked to be during a sunset drive. But the aging, elevated highway shouldn’t have… Read More
Buildings in downtown Anchorage were damaged and roads were ruined when a magnitude-7.0 earthquake hit Alaska’s biggest city today. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake occurred at 8:29 a.m.… Read More
When it comes to taking earthquakes seriously, Seattle’s problem may be that the city doesn’t get enough of them. That’s one way of putting the assessment from Lucy Jones, a… Read More
Engineers at the University of Washington are developing a first-of-its-kind building that can withstand powerful waves from tsunamis. The tsunami-resistant buildings will have “breakaway” walls on lower floors that actually strengthen… Read More
“None of the pictures is rosy,” says a line in a new report from the University of Washington detailing a research project that simulated 50 different ways that a magnitude-9.0… Read More
We can probably name several places we’d rather be than in Seattle’s 605-foot-tall Space Needle during an earthquake, but upgrades coming to the iconic, 55-year-old structure are designed to improve… Read More
Earthquakes are a constant threat on the West Coast, and having just a few seconds of advance warning that one is about to hit can save lives, serious injury and untold damage… Read More
Marshawn Lynch may be gone, but don’t underestimate the ability of Seattle Seahawks fans to register another Beast Quake at CenturyLink Field during Saturday’s Wild Card playoff game against the… Read More
MyShake is a new mobile app that relies on a smartphone’s motion sensor to detect earthquakes. Researchers from the University of California at Berkeley and Deutsche Telekom say the app… Read More
The Northwest’s largest earthquake since 2004 shook up the region Tuesday evening as a magnitude 4.8 quake hit 11 miles northeast of Victoria, British Columbia. At 11:39 p.m. PT on Tuesday, the… Read More
For the first time ever, scientists have gotten a full picture of the plate that is pushing its way under the Pacific Northwestern coast and putting the entire region in… Read More
If you’re still reeling from The New Yorker’s widely-read report on “The Really Big One,” today’s Reddit AMA with Northwest seismology experts may offer some solace. A structural engineer, seismologist, and… Read More
This weekend’s New Yorker story about the inevitable earthquake coming to destroy Seattle terrified plenty of people, but a few Seattle-area earthquake experts are assuring people that things probably won’t be… Read More
A huge earthquake is coming for the Pacific Northwest, and almost no one is prepared for it. Follow up: Seattle earthquake experts respond to fears over ‘The Really Big One’… Read More
Business-intelligence technology is typically used to derive meaning and make decisions from data like sales, costs and other corporate trends. But what could BI tell us about the ongoing crisis… Read More
