As reported in this front-page graphic, more than 200 people were injured and the quake caused damage to major roadways, the Starbucks headquarters and the state Capitol.
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The March 1, 2001 edition of the P-I illustrated the 6.8 Nisqually Earthquake that shook Western Washington. Look only as far as the forthcoming tear-down of the Alaskan Way Viaduct to see its continued reverberations.
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Immediately following the Puget Sound earthquake, Fred Meyer Capitol Hill employees, Jackie McQueen, foreground, and Billy Lawrence, right, watch television coverage to see what kind of damage the earthquake did. The employees reported that they were quite scared.Meryl Schenker/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The quake caused bottles to fall off the shelves at the QFC grocery store on Broadway Avenue East at Harrison Street in Seattle. Employees Keoni Cadavona, left, and Steve Cantin help clean up the mess.Meryl Schenker/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Dave Nakamura works the graveyard shift and was home at his Capitol Hill apartment about to fall asleep when the earthquake hit. Matchbox cars and a stuffed dog named "Max" fell off his shelves during the shaking. "I've been through a couple of earthquakes," Nakamura said, visibly shaken, "but nothing like this."Meryl Schenker/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Vashon Island High School students watch television coverage of today's earthquake after evacuating school buildings.Mike Urban/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Vashon Island High School teacher Nancy Carr, suffering from shock, is comforted by substitute teacher Melanie Green, a former Red Cross worker. Two students were also treated for shock but no serious injuries were reported at the school.Mike Urban/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Boijin Lew, 82, gets a helping hand from daughter-in-law Judy Lew after being evacuated from her damaged apartment building on Waller Street in the International District.Gilbert W. Arias/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Rick Wyatt and Mike Lagervall, co-owners of the Fenix Underground, hug in front of the tavern at the corner of Second Avenue and Jackson Street in downtown Seattle. The building was one of several damaged in today's earthquake. Wyatt said he had been told that the building was a total loss, and said they will "be sure to relocate and rebuild a stronger and better Fenix." Also with the owners are Pamela Moore and Dwayne Lagervall.Gilbert W. Arias/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Wayne VanDire cleans up glass in front of the Encore Restaurant Equipment on First Avenue South, where he works.Don Marquis/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
At Starbucks headquarters in Seattle the facade of the company's logo suffered damage during the earthquake.Don Marquis/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
People walk past the Starbucks building on First Avenue South and survey the damage.Don Marquis/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Boijin Lew, 82, gets a helping hand from daughter-in-law Judy Lew after being evacuated from her damaged apartment building on Waller Street in the International District.Gilbert W. Arias/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
A man who did not want to give his name checks his pager while trying to make a phone call in downtown Seattle. The building behind him was damaged by the earthquake.Gilbert W. Arias/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
People view the pieces of Icon Grill's facade that fell onto Virginia Avenue during the earthquake.Dan DeLong/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Dave DeVarona, owner of the Blue Water Taco Grill, points to the shaking windows of his lower Queen Anne business as the earthquake started.Dan DeLong/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Inside Pacific Place in downtown Seattle, Vanessa Primer, a manager at The Body Shop, surveys the damage to the store's merchandise from the earthquake.Dan DeLong/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
An unidentified woman reacts in the final moments of the earthquake in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle.Dan DeLong/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The red tail light on one of two cars smashed by bricks near Safeco Field continued to glow after the quake.Renee C. Byer/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Miles Mason of Port Orchard gazes up at the stopped Elliott Bay Book Co. clock in Pioneer Square after an earthquake rocked downtown Seattle.Renee C. Byer/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Jutta Bolz puts books back in the store window of Elliott Bay Book Co. in the Pioneer Square district of Seattle. "I kept saying, 'Please let it stop, please let it stop.' It was too long, the worst I have seen since I moved here but there were no lives lost ... that is the best part," she said.Renee C. Byer/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Laura Currie gives her friend Jana Hill a ride over broken glass. The two were in a
dance studio on First Avenue when the quake struck.Gilbert W. Arias/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
David Arroya, a janitor at the Pioneer Square nightclub Fenix Underground, looks ruefully at damage from yesterday's earthquake. "I hope I don't have to clean it up," Arroya said.Renee C. Byer/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Travelers scramble to rebook flights. Sea-Tac International Airport was closed when the control tower windows blew out during the earthquake.Paul Kitagaki Jr./Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Travelers at Sea-Tac airport kill time after the airport was shut down when the earthquake hit Seattle.Paul Kitagaki Jr./Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Windows of the control tower at Sea-Tac Airport blew out when the quake hit, shutting down the airport.Paul Kitagaki Jr./Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Emily Purcell, Roseann Stella and Laura Wray, all employees at Bartell Drugs on Magnolia Bluff, commiserate shortly after the earthquake.Phil H. Webber/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
A large crack across nine lands of the holding area at Colman Dock caused officials to close the terminal to cars. Ferries were out of service until 1 p.m. because of structural damage to the passenger terminal and the holding area.Phil H. Webber/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Residents of Tacoma's historic Salmon Beach neighborhood are evacuated onto a boat with their belongings after quake-triggered landslides destroyed several waterfront houses.Paul Joseph Brown/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
One of the houses destroyed by an earthquake triggered landslide at Tacoma's historic Salmon Beach neighborhood. Several houses were destroyed.Paul Joseph Brown/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Traffic jammed up along Alaskan Way after the Alaskan Way Viaduct closed at approximately 12:30 p.m. and remained closed the rest of the day.Meryl Schenker/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Seattle police Officer Todd Radcliffe closes off the southbound entrance to the Alaskan Way Viaduct so that the highway can be inspected for damage.Meryl Schenker/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The top of Starbucks corporate headquarters was damaged, but the building escaped major structural harm, company officials said. Inside, however, broken pipes and toppled file cabinets made a mess.Meryl Schenker/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The roof of this restaurant on First Avenue near Safeco Field collapsed in the earthquake.Meryl Schenker/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Dammed by a mudslide carrying 10,000 yards of trees and debris, the Cedar River overflows and surrounds this Renton-area home off the Maple Valley Highway.Meryl Schenker/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Electrician David Boyer, right, and an unidentified man inspect the columns outside the state Capitol in Olympia after the quake. Inspectors have restricted access to the building until a thorough structural check can be made. Political intern Alia Griffin, left, grabs folders she needs from an office on the building's fourth floor.Melina Mara/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Alia Griffin, a political intern, grabs important folders from an office on the fourth floor of the state Capitol in Olympia, which was evacuated because of structural damage.Melina Mara/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
From left front, legislative workers, Kurt Hammond, Tiffany Preston, and Sara Hill wait to be allowed back into the Washington State capital building in Olympia on Wednesday.Melina Mara/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Builder Stephen Cooper surveys damage atop the Washington Federal Building at Fifth Avenue and Capital Way in downtown Olympia yesterday. Cooper estimated that the building sustained at least $1 million in damage.Melina Mara/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Eastbound traffic on the West Seattle Bridge backed up Thursday morning, largely because the viaduct was closed.Dan DeLong/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Artist Ethan Harrington finds inspiration in the damaged Fenix Underground building in Pioneer Square.Dan DeLong/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
FEMA Director Joe Allbaugh, left, Sen. Maria Cantwell and Rep. Brian Baird check out a large crack in the runway at the King County Airport.Gilbert W. Arias/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Two workers carry snacks for a crew doing repair work at the Starbucks Center building in Sodo, which suffered extensive damage.Renee C. Byer/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
A tow-truck driver tries to clear his path by kicking bricks away from the damaged Starbucks headquarters building in Sodo.Renee C. Byer/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Rick Hancock clutches a souvenir brick from the pile of rubble that was part of a 1914 building on Fourth Avenue and Capital Way in downtown Olympia.Paul Joseph Brown/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Structural engineer Jon Pietrich inspects cracks in buildings on downtown Olympia's heavily damaged Fourth Avenue. The Capitol Theater building at right suffered superficial damage.Paul Joseph Brown/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
John Rucker carries Topaz from the animal shelter Thursday after the dog was dropped off there by a stranger who found her in the International District. The dog survived a leap Wednesday from Rucker's fifth-floor apartment.Grant M. Haller/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
King County Superior Court Judge Linda Lau inspects the damage at District Court Judge Mark Chow's courtroom on the third floor of the King County Courthouse in Seattle. The brick wall behind the jury box crumbled and the rubble covered the staircase.Meryl Schenker/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Immediately after the 6.8 shakeup, Mark Sanchez ran around to his neighbors' homes shutting off the gas. Here he is shown taking a break with his son, JoJo, 3.Meryl Schenker/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
King County Superior Court Judge Linda Lau inspects the damage in District Court Judge Mark Chow's courtroom yesterday on the third floor of the King County Courthouse in Seattle. The brick wall behind the jury box crumbled, and the rubble covered the staircase. Buildings in downtown Seattle were among the hardest hit in Wednesday's 6.8 earthquake.Meryl Schenker/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Mike Mackey, carrying computer, and Tammy Woods, employees at The Cobalt Group, remove items yesterday from their building on First Avenue South, which was damaged by Wednesday's earthquake. They intend to work from home for now.Phil H. Webber/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Carol Nickold, and Renee Behnke, look over the Sur La Table warehouse in south Seattle. A large water main broke inside the warehouse and closed it down. The earthquake also closed down the main warehouse a few blocks away. Renee is the owner of the Sur La Table and Carol works for Renee.Phil H. Webber/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Employees of Seattle Chocolates leave their heavily damaged building on First Avenue South. "We are going to have to move out. We have to find a new place," owner Steve Elliott said.Phil H. Webber/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Her umbrella does little in the way of protection for Amy Castner of Seattle. She was working security Thursday -- in the wind and the rain -- at an earthquake-damaged building in the Sodo area.Renee C. Byer/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Engineer Kaveh Aminian, left, and Will McDonald of the King County Department of Construction and Land Use, right, check for cracks in the foundation at the Dong Vinh restaurant equipment warehouse south of downtown. With them is owner Danny Hong. The structure was given a yellow tag.Gilbert W. Arias/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Daniel Pidcock cleans out his belongings from a locker at the Compass Center in Pioneer Square. Eighty men lost their home when the shelter was deemed unsafe after Wednesday's earthquake.Gilbert W. Arias/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Jon Tulchin, a page at the Seattle Public Library's downtown branch, helps clean up the mounds of books that toppled during the earthquake.Gilbert W. Arias/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
A King County road crew works on diverting a small stream so it no longer flows into Reva Chareoneau’s home on Southeast Jones Place in Renton, near the Cedar River. Wednesday’s earthquake shook loose a landslide that stopped just four feet from Chareoneau’s home but destroyed the white house in the background, which is owned by Paula and Robert VanDorssen.Grant M. Haller/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
As father Jeff Fleck looks on, David Fleck, 8, of Olympia examines a newly popular garment at the Seattle Shirt Co.Dan DeLong/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Curtis Johnny Sr., 48, has a broad smile for his friend Darlene Saxby as she touches his chest brace at Harborview Medical Center. Johnny was buried by a cascade of falling bricks in his apartment during Wednesday's earthquake.Dan DeLong/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The 1926 Morrison Mill smokestack in Anacortes is brought down because of damage caused during last Wednesday's earthquake. It had been listed for preservation because of its historic value.Renee C. Byer/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
People walk past the Starbucks building on First Avenue South and survey the damage.Don Marquis/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
A magnitude 6.8 quake shook the Nisqually Delta, to the northwest of Olympia, for 40 seconds. In less than a minute, an estimated 200 people were injured. The quake was also cited as the cause for one man's fatal heart attack in Burien.
Damages topped $1 billion, with higher-end estimates as high as $3 billion, according to Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports from that day and History Link. The State Capitol in Olympia and several buildings in Seattle's Pioneer Square suffered. One of Sea-Tac International Airport's two runways cracked. Debris from buckling buildings smashed parked cars. The facade of the Starbucks headquarters in SoDo crumbled.
Remarkably, debris did not strike any pedestrians.
The Alaskan Way Viaduct was damaged and eventually closed for inspection. The elevated highway needed to be reinforced and a stringent biannual inspection calendar was put in place.
Nineteen years later, the effects of the quake are still being felt by Seattle. The era of the Alaskan Way Viaduct has come to an end, in large part because of the seismic vulnerability it represents.
This picture, taken south of Safeco Field, shows the damage from the 6.8 magnitude Nisqually earthquake on Feb. 28, 2001.Don Marquis/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
This is one of the buildings near Safeco Field that was damaged in the 2001 Nisqually earthquake. This image has been preserved by the P-I and the Museum of History and Industry, but not previously published.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
The Alaskan Way Viaduct, which cracked during the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake, was closed to drivers until inspectors could fully check the damage.Meryl Schenker/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
This previously unpublished picture from the air shows damage near Safeco Field after the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake.Meryl Schenker/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
This previously unpublished picture from the air shows damage near Safeco Field after the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake.Meryl Schenker/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Workers at this Seattle QFC had to clean up jars that spilled after the Nisqually earthquake on Feb. 28, 2001. This image was not previously published.Meryl Schenker/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
P-I photographer Phil H. Webber captured this image of cracks in the Alaskan Way Viaduct the day of the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake. The image has not previously been published.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
P-I photographer Phil H. Webber was near the Magnolia Bartell Drugs when the 2001 Nisqually earthquake hit. He captured this image of frightened workers afterward. This frame was not previously published. Notes with the archived negatives does not list thier names, but the newspaper identified them as Emily Purcell, Roseann Stella and Laura Wray.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
P-I photographer Phil H. Webber was near the Magnolia Bartell Drugs when the 2001 Nisqually earthquake hit. He captured this image of frightened workers afterward. Part of this frame was published in the P-I, but the full image has not been published until now. Notes with the archived negatives does not list thier names, but the newspaper identified them as Emily Purcell, Roseann Stella and Laura Wray.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Here are more previously unpublished images from the 2001 earthquake showing the damage in the Sodo neighborhood.Don Marquis/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Here are more previously unpublished images from the 2001 earthquake showing the damage in the Sodo neighborhood.Don Marquis/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Here’s another view of the Starbucks headquarters in Sodo after the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake.Don Marquis/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Here’s another view of the Starbucks headquarters in Sodo after the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake.Don Marquis/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Here’s a previously unpublished image from the Sodo neighborhood following the 2001 Nisqually quake, which left one person dead and injured roughly 400.Don Marquis/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Here are more previously unpublished images from the 2001 earthquake showing the damage in the Sodo neighborhood.Don Marquis/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Here are more previously unpublished images from the 2001 earthquake showing the damage in the Sodo neighborhood.Don Marquis/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
This was one of the published P-I photos taken after the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake, and the original caption read: People walk past the Starbucks building on 1st Ave South and survey the earthquake damage.Don Marquis/seattlepi.com file
Here are more previously unpublished images from the 2001 earthquake showing the damage in the Sodo neighborhood.Don Marquis/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
This was one of the published P-I photos taken after the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake, and the original caption read: The red tail light on one of two cars that were smashed like pancakes was still shining accross the street from the Exhibition Center near Safeco Field in Seattle after a 6.8 earthquake.Renee C. Byer/seattlepi.com file/SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER
This was one of the published P-I photos taken after the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake, and the original caption read: A man crosses the police line to make a phone call on 2nd Avenue South in the Pioneer Square district of Seattle where bricks fell down near the Cafe Hue after the earthquake.Renee C. Byer/seattlepi.com file/SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER
The Sodo neighborhood, built on tideflats, had extensive damage from the 2001 Nisqually earthquake. Don Marquis, who was then the P-I’s photography director took this frame, which has not previously been published.Don Marquis/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
The Sodo neighborhood, built on tideflats, had extensive damage from the 2001 Nisqually earthquake. Don Marquis, who was then the P-I’s photography director took this frame, which has not previously been published.Don Marquis/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
The Sodo neighborhood, built on tideflats, had extensive damage from the 2001 Nisqually earthquake. Don Marquis, who was then the P-I’s photography director took this frame, which has not previously been published.Don Marquis/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
This is one of the P-I's Nisqually earthquake pictures that was published. The original caption read: Wayne VanDire cleans up broken glass in front of the Encore Restaurant Equipment on 1st Avenue South where he works. He's from L.A., been in Seattle 15 years, ands said "this is the worst earthquake I've been in." During the earthquake, a 900 pound grill moved from a wall into the middle of the store. (seattlepi.com file)P-I File
This was one of the published P-I photos taken after the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake, and the original caption read: Rick Wyatt co-owner of the Fenix Underground shares a hugs Mike Lagervall also a co-owner in front of the traven at the coner of 2nd and jackson in downtown Seattle. The build like others was damaged after todays 6.8 earthquake. Wyatt said that he has been told that the building is a total loss. but "be sure we will relocate and rebuild a stronger and better Fenix." Also with the owners are Pamela Moore and Dwayne Lagervall.Gilbert W. Arias/seattlepi.com file/SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER
This is one of the P-I's Nisqually earthquake pictures that was published. The original caption read: David Arroya a janitor at Fenix Underground reacts after seeing the earthquake damage of the historic Pioneer Square building in Seattle. "I hope I don't have to clean it up," he said. The picture was taken Feb. 28, 2001. (seattlepi.com file)
Dale Chihuly art at the State Convention Center – pieces worth several thousands of dollars – were destroyed during the Feb. 28, 2011 Nisqually earthquake. This specific frame was not previously published.Grant M. Haller/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Dale Chihuly art at the State Convention Center – pieces worth several thousands of dollars – were destroyed during the Feb. 28, 2011 Nisqually earthquake. This specific frame was not previously published.Grant M. Haller/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
This was one of the published P-I photos taken after the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake, and the original caption read: One of the houses destroyed by an earthquake triggered landslide at Tacoma's historic Salmon Beach neighborhood. Several houses were destroyed.Paul Joseph Brown/seattlepi.com file
Residents of Tacoma's historic Salmon Beach neighborhood evacuate with their belongings onto a boat after earthquake triggered landslides destroyed several waterfront houses. This specific frame from Feb. 28, 2001 was not previously published.Paul Joseph Brown/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Residents of Tacoma's historic Salmon Beach neighborhood evacuate with their belongings onto a boat after earthquake triggered landslides destroyed several waterfront houses. This specific frame from Feb. 28, 2001 was not previously published.Paul Joseph Brown/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Nisqually earthquake damage to Tacoma's historic Salmon Beach neighborhood, Feb. 28, 2001.Paul Joseph Brown/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
This was one of the published P-I photos taken after the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake, and the original caption read: Residents of Tacoma's historic Salmon Beach neighborhood evacuate with their belongings onto a boat after earthquake triggered landslides destroyed several waterfront houses.Paul Joseph Brown/seattlepi.com file
This was one of the published P-I photos taken after the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake, and the original caption read: Miles Mason of Port Orchard gazes up at the stopped Elliott Bay Book Company's clock after the 6.8 earthquake rocked downtown Seattle.Renee C. Byer/seattlepi.com file/SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER
This is one of hundreds of previously unpublished images taken near the Seattle waterfront following the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake. The quake was a magnitude 6.8 and injured roughly 400 people.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Parts of Colman Dock were closed after the 2001 Nisqually earthquake and P-I photographer Phil Webber went there to check it out. These are some of the images he took that day, and they have not previously been published.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Parts of Colman Dock were closed after the 2001 Nisqually earthquake and P-I photographer Phil Webber went there to check it out. These are some of the images he took that day, and they have not previously been published.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Here is an image from the Bartell Drugs in Magnolia shortly after the 2001 Nisqually earthquake. It has not previously been published.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
This is one of the buildings near Safeco Field that was damaged in the 2001 Nisqually earthquake. This image has been preserved by the P-I and the Museum of History and Industry, but not previously published.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
This is one of the buildings near Safeco Field that was damaged in the 2001 Nisqually earthquake. This image has been preserved by the P-I and the Museum of History and Industry, but not previously published.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
After the Nisqually earthquake shook Seattle on Feb. 28, 2001, photographer Phil H. Webber went to Colman dock and captured these images. They have been preserved and archived through a P-I donation to the Museum of History and Industry, but until now have not previously been published.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
After the Nisqually earthquake shook Seattle on Feb. 28, 2001, photographer Phil H. Webber went to Colman dock and captured these images. They have been preserved and archived through a P-I donation to the Museum of History and Industry, but until now have not previously been published.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
After the Nisqually earthquake shook Seattle on Feb. 28, 2001, photographer Phil H. Webber went to Colman dock and captured these images. They have been preserved and archived through a P-I donation to the Museum of History and Industry, but until now have not previously been published.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Here another previously unpublished picture of people on a Bainbridge Island-bound ferry after the Nisqually earthquake of Feb. 28, 2001.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
This is one of hundreds of previously unpublished images taken near the Seattle waterfront following the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake. The quake was a magnitude 6.8 and injured more than 400 people.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
P-I photographer Phil H. Webber captured this image of cracks in the Alaskan Way Viaduct the day of the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake. The image has not previously been published.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
The Alaskan Way Viaduct, which cracked during the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake, was closed to drivers until inspectors could fully check the damage.Meryl Schenker/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
The Alaskan Way Viaduct, which cracked during the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake, was closed to drivers until inspectors could fully check the damage.Meryl Schenker/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
This was one of the published P-I photos taken after the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake, and the original caption read: Empolyes of Seattle Chocolates leave thier building on First Avenue South. The building was heavely damaged during yesterday's earthquake.Phil H. Webber/seattlepi.com file
The Alaskan Way Viaduct, which cracked during the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake, was closed to drivers until inspectors could fully check the damage.Meryl Schenker/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
A previously unpublished frame from Feb. 28, 2001, showing damage in the Capitol Hill neighborhood after the Nisqually earthquake. Information preserved with the negatives does not give additional information about the picture, taken after the 6.8 magnitude quake.Meryl Schenker/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
A previously unpublished frame from Feb. 28, 2001, showing damage in the Capitol Hill neighborhood after the Nisqually earthquake. Information preserved with the negatives does not give additional information about the picture, taken after the 6.8 magnitude quake.Meryl Schenker/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
A previously unpublished frame from Feb. 28, 2001, showing damage in the Capitol Hill neighborhood after the Nisqually earthquake. Information preserved with the negatives does not give additional information about the picture, taken after the 6.8 magnitude quake.Meryl Schenker/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
A previously unpublished frame from Feb. 28, 2001, showing damage in the Capitol Hill neighborhood after the Nisqually earthquake. Information preserved with the negatives does not give additional information about the picture, taken after the 6.8 magnitude quake.Meryl Schenker/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
The Alaskan Way Viaduct was what some people immediately thought of after the 2001 Nisqually earthquake, which had a 6.8 magnitude. P-I photographer Meryl Schenker took this image the day of the quake, and it has not previously been published.Meryl Schenker/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
The Alaskan Way Viaduct was what some people immediately thought of after the 2001 Nisqually earthquake, which had a 6.8 magnitude. P-I photographer Meryl Schenker took this image the day of the quake, and it has not previously been published.Meryl Schenker/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
This is one of the P-I's Nisqually earthquake pictures that was published. The original caption read: King Court Superior Court Judge Linda Lau inspects the earthquake damage from District Court Judge Mark Chow's courtroom on the third floor of the King County Courthouse in Seattle. The brick wall behind the jury box crumbled and the rubble covered the staircase. (seattlepi.com file)P-I File
In 2001, the George Benson Waterfront Streetcar Line still ran along the waterfront. This image, taken the day of the Nisqually earthquake, has not previously been published.Meryl Schenker/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Here’s a previously unpublished image from the Sodo neighborhood following the 2001 Nisqually quake, which left one person dead and injured roughly 400.Don Marquis/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Here are more previously unpublished images from the 2001 earthquake showing the damage in the Sodo neighborhood.Don Marquis/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Here’s a previously unpublished image from the Sodo neighborhood following the 2001 Nisqually quake, which left one person dead and injured roughly 400.Don Marquis/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
After the Nisqually earthquake shook Seattle on Feb. 28, 2001, photographer Phil H. Webber went to Colman dock and captured these images. They have been preserved and archived through a P-I donation to the Museum of History and Industry, but until now have not previously been published.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
After the Nisqually earthquake shook Seattle on Feb. 28, 2001, photographer Phil H. Webber went to Colman dock and captured these images. They have been preserved and archived through a P-I donation to the Museum of History and Industry, but until now have not previously been published.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
This is one of hundreds of previously unpublished images taken near the Seattle waterfront following the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake. The quake was a magnitude 6.8 and injured roughly 400 people.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
This is one of the P-I's Nisqually earthquake pictures that was published. It shows the damaged Fenix Underground building in Pioneer Square.
Here’s a previously unpublished image from the Sodo neighborhood following the 2001 Nisqually quake, which left one person dead and injured roughly 400.Don Marquis/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Here’s a previously unpublished image from the Sodo neighborhood following the 2001 Nisqually quake, which left one person dead and injured roughly 400.Don Marquis/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
After the Nisqually earthquake hit the morning of Feb. 28, 2001, P-I photographer Phil H. Webber was sent to Colman Dock. These are some of the images he took that day, and they have not previously been published. They have been carefully preserved at the Museum of History and Industry, part of one of three P-I donations to the museum.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
After the Nisqually earthquake hit the morning of Feb. 28, 2001, P-I photographer Phil H. Webber was sent to Colman Dock. These are some of the images he took that day, and they have not previously been published. They have been carefully preserved at the Museum of History and Industry, part of one of three P-I donations to the museum.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
After the Nisqually earthquake hit the morning of Feb. 28, 2001, P-I photographer Phil H. Webber was sent to Colman Dock. These are some of the images he took that day, and they have not previously been published. They have been carefully preserved at the Museum of History and Industry, part of one of three P-I donations to the museum.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
This was one of the published P-I photos taken after the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake, and the original caption read: A phone hangs off the hook near the Fenix Underground after the awning collapsed when bricks fell from an above story.Renee C. Byer/seattlepi.com file/SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER
This was one of the published P-I photos taken after the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake, and the original caption read: Travelers scramble to rebook flights at SeaTac airport after flights were canceled when the control tower's windows blew out.Paul Kitagaki Jr./seattleip.com file/SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER
This is one of hundreds of previously unpublished images taken near the Seattle waterfront following the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake. The quake was a magnitude 6.8 and injured roughly 400 people.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Parts of Colman Dock were closed after the 2001 Nisqually earthquake and P-I photographer Phil Webber went there to check it out. These are some of the images he took that day, and they have not previously been published.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
After the Nisqually earthquake shook Seattle on Feb. 28, 2001, photographer Phil H. Webber went to Colman dock and captured these images. They have been preserved and archived through a P-I donation to the Museum of History and Industry, but until now have not previously been published.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
This previously unpublished picture from the air shows damage near Safeco Field after the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake.Meryl Schenker/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
The Starbucks headquarters in Sodo suffered extensive damage from the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake. These previously unpublished photos were taken shortly after the 10:54 a.m. quake.Meryl Schenker/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
The Starbucks headquarters in Sodo suffered extensive damage from the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake. These previously unpublished photos were taken shortly after the 10:54 a.m. quake.Meryl Schenker/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
This was one of the published P-I photos taken after the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake, and the original caption read: The top of Starbucks corporate headquarters was damaged in the earthquake.Meryl Schenker/seattlepi.com file
The Starbucks headquarters in Sodo suffered extensive damage from the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake. These previously unpublished photos were taken shortly after the 10:54 a.m. quake.Meryl Schenker/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
The Starbucks headquarters in Sodo suffered extensive damage from the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake. These previously unpublished photos were taken shortly after the 10:54 a.m. quake.Meryl Schenker/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Here are some of previously unpublished P-I photos of workers closing parts of Colman Dock after the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake. The 6.8 magnitude quake was centered about 11 miles from Olympia.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Here are some of previously unpublished P-I photos of workers closing parts of Colman Dock after the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake. The 6.8 magnitude quake was centered about 11 miles from Olympia.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Residents of Tacoma's historic Salmon Beach neighborhood evacuate with their belongings onto a boat after earthquake triggered landslides destroyed several waterfront houses. This specific frame from Feb. 28, 2001 was not previously published.Paul Joseph Brown/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
This was one of the published P-I photos taken after the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake, and the original caption read: Eastbound traffic is backed up on the West Seatte bridge around 10 a.m. Thursday morning, March 1, 2001. Much of the backup was caused by the continued closure of the Alaskan Way Viaduct. due to earthquake damage.Dan DeLong/seattlepi.com file
This was one of the published P-I photos taken after the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake, and the original caption read: A tow truck driver kicks bricks to the side from the earthquake damaged Sodo building in Seattle before towing away a car that was damaged there during Wednesday's quake which measured 6.8 on the richter scale.Renee C. Byer/seattlepi.com file/SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER
This is one of hundreds of previously unpublished images taken near the Seattle waterfront following the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake. The quake was a magnitude 6.8 and injured roughly 400 people.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
This is one of hundreds of previously unpublished images taken near the Seattle waterfront following the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake. The quake was a magnitude 6.8 and injured roughly 400 people.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
After the Nisqually earthquake shook Seattle on Feb. 28, 2001, photographer Phil H. Webber went to Colman dock and captured these images. They have been preserved and archived through a P-I donation to the Museum of History and Industry, but until now have not previously been published.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
This was one of the published P-I photos taken after the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake, and the original caption read: Carol Nickold and Renee Behnke lookover the Sur La Table warehouse in South Seattle. A large water main broke inside the warehouse today and the warehouse was closed. Yesterday's earthquake also closed down the main warehouse a few blocks away. Renee is the owner of the Sur La Table and Carol works for Renee.Phil H. Webber/seattlepi.com file
Here are some of previously unpublished P-I photos of workers closing parts of Colman Dock after the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake. The 6.8 magnitude quake was centered about 11 miles from Olympia.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Here are some of previously unpublished P-I photos of workers closing parts of Colman Dock after the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake. The 6.8 magnitude quake was centered about 11 miles from Olympia.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Here are some of previously unpublished P-I photos of workers closing parts of Colman Dock after the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake. The 6.8 magnitude quake was centered about 11 miles from Olympia.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
After the Nisqually earthquake shook Seattle on Feb. 28, 2001, photographer Phil H. Webber went to Colman dock and captured these images. They have been preserved and archived through a P-I donation to the Museum of History and Industry, but until now have not previously been published.Phil H. Webber/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
The Starbucks headquarters in Sodo suffered extensive damage from the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake. These previously unpublished photos were taken shortly after the 10:54 a.m. quake.Meryl Schenker/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
This was one of the published P-I photos taken after the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake, and the original caption for this March 1 photo read: Kaveh Aminian check for cracks in the foundation of the Dong Vinh Restaurant Equipment warehouse in the Sodo disrtict. Aminian (L) and fellow inspector Will McDonald (R) are with the King County Dept. of Construction and Land Use and are inspecting build damaged in Wednesday's earthquake. In the center is Danny Hong.Gilbert Arias/seattlepi.com file/SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER
This was one of the published P-I photos taken after the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake, and the original caption for this March 1 picture read: At the Seattle City Library, Jon Tulchin helps other staffers clean up the mounds of books that fell during the earthquake. The Central Library is tentatively set to close on June 9, 2001 and reopen at it's temporary location at 800 Pike St. until a the new build is construted on the existing site.Gilbert Arias/seattlepi.com file/SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER
This was one of the published P-I photos taken after the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake, and the original caption for the March 2 photo read: A King County Road Crew work on diverting a small stream so it no longer flows into Reva Chareoneau's home on Southeast Jones Place in Renton. Wednesday's earthquake shook loose a land slide that stopped just four feet from Chareoneau's home but destroyed the white house in the back ground owned by Paula and Robert VanDorssen (14804 S.E. Jones Pl.).Grant M. Haller/seattlepi.com file
This is one of the P-I's Nisqually earthquake pictures that was published. The original caption read: Amy Castner of Seattle works security during a windy down pour of rain at the earthquake-damaged Sodo building in Seattle on March 1, 2001, a day after the Nisqually quake.
RENEE C. BYER/Renee C. Byer/seattlepi.com file
This is one of the P-I's Nisqually earthquake pictures that was published. The original caption read: Carol Nickold and Renee Behnke lookover the Sur La Table warehouse in south Seattle, a large water main broke inside the warehouse today and the warehouse was closed. Yesterday's earthquake also closed down the main warehouse a few blocks away. Behnke is the owner of the Sur La Table and Nickold works for Behnke. (seattlepi.com file)P-I File
This is one of the P-I's Nisqually earthquake pictures that was published. The original caption read: Seattle artist Ethan Harrington paints an earthquake scene featuring the Fenix Underground in Pioneer Square on March 1, 2001. (seattlepi.com file)P-I File
This photo was from March 2011, a decade after the Nisqually earthquake, and shows the McNeil Island warden's home that was condemned after the 2001 Nisqually earthquake. Joshua Trujillo/seattlepi.com
These pictures weren’t taken to show earthquake damage – P-I photographer Meryl Schenker snapped this frame to show the progress of what’s now Century Link Field. The previously unpublished photo was taken Feb. 28, 2001.Meryl Schenker/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
These pictures weren’t taken to show earthquake damage – P-I photographer Meryl Schenker snapped this frame to show the progress of what’s now Century Link Field. The previously unpublished photo was taken Feb. 28, 2001.Meryl Schenker/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
These pictures weren’t taken to show earthquake damage – P-I photographer Meryl Schenker snapped this frame to show the progress of what’s now Century Link Field. The previously unpublished photo was taken Feb. 28, 2001.Meryl Schenker/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
These pictures weren’t taken to show earthquake damage – P-I photographer Meryl Schenker snapped this frame to show the progress of what’s now Century Link Field. The previously unpublished photo was taken Feb. 28, 2001.Meryl Schenker/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Here’s what Safeco Field looked like on Feb. 28, 2001, the day of the Nisqually earthquake.Meryl Schenker/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
Here’s what Safeco Field looked like on Feb. 28, 2001, the day of the Nisqually earthquake.Meryl Schenker/<a href="http://www.mohai.org/">MOHAI</a> <a href="http://www.mohai.org/research/photo-archive-search">Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection</a>/seattlepi.com file
When a 6.9 magnitude quake rocked the Bay Area of California in 1989, a 1.25-mile section of the elevated Nimitz Expressway collapsed on itself, killing 42 motorists driving along the lower level.
Images of this damage in Oakland struck a chord with engineers in Washington who thought about our viaduct and how well it would survive a major quake.
Our viaduct did survive the Nisqually quake -- though repairs were required to keep it safe for travelers. And it stuck around long enough for a new state Route 99 tunnel to be built and open, winning "the race against time," as Gov. Jay Inslee said at the tunnel's ribbon-cutting ceremony. A small bridge that serves as an off-ramp for northbound SR-99 travelers avoiding the tunnel was also the first in the world constructed with earthquake-resistant concrete.
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Western Washington residents have been told time and again the region is due for the so-called "Big One." The Nisqually quake was the last major earthquake to strike the area, which has researchers concerned. Since 2009, there have been just nine earthquakes at a magnitude 4 or greater, excluding those at Mount St. Helens or on the Cascadia Subduction Zone.
Though this quiet period doesn't necessarily mean a big earthquake is more or less likely to happen anytime soon. More research is needed, experts told Northwest Public Broadcasting last year.
As for what you can do right now, when the ground is still? Not much, really, but you can prepare for when the next one strikes.
