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Seattle news tonight for Friday, 5/22

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A magnitude 6.6 earthquake just struck the East Pacific Rise — one of three strong quakes to rattle the Pacific in a single day

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the southern East Pacific Rise in June 2026, the strongest in a burst of three significant ...

Mariners' Crawford open to moving from shortstop to 3rd base. Brash returns to bullpen

The Seattle Mariners' longest-tenured shortstop, J.P. Crawford, is open to switching positions since rookie and top prospect ...

Hidden Earthquake Threat: Oregon’s Fault May Be Closer to the Surface Than Scientists Thought

A new study suggests northern Oregon could experience stronger shaking during a major Cascadia earthquake than earlier models ...

Schools evacuated as magnitude 5.6 quake hits eastern Turkey

Eastern Turkey was struck by a magnitude 5.6 earthquake Wednesday, emergency services said. It hit the Battalgazi district of Malatya province at 9 a.m. and the depth was 7 kilometers (4.3 miles), ...
Science Daily

Hidden earthquake faults beneath Seattle may be more dangerous than expected

A hidden network of earthquake faults running beneath Seattle may be far more active than scientists realized. New research ...
dailyUW.com

UW study suggests that major Seattle fault earthquakes may be less frequent than previously thought

A new geology study conducted by UW researchers suggests that the Seattle fault zone may produce its largest earthquakes less frequently than scientists previously estimated. Published in the journal ...
WBAL-TV

On this day in 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted, killing 57 people in its aftermath

Forty-six years ago today, Mount St. Helens erupted and unleashed a catastrophic landslide and mudflows that led to the ...