Minor quake strikes near Mount Rainier

AP ^ | October 8, 2006 | AP

[Brilliant]

SEATTLE - A magnitude 4.5 earthquake rattled homes east of Mount Rainier on Saturday night, but no injuries or damage were immediately reported.

The quake struck just before 8 p.m. about 7 miles east of the mountain's summit, said Tom Yelin of the University of Washington Seismology Laboratory.

Yelin said he did not think the quake was associated with any volcanic activity.

Residents in Packwood, Maple Valley, Enumclaw and Renton reported feeling the earthquake, which was followed by two smaller aftershocks.

[Brilliant]

Just a small one.

[Allegra]

I felt some tremors earlier today.

I don't think it was an earthquake, though. Some noise accompanied the shaking.

;-)

[Paladin2]

"Yelin said he did not think the quake was associated with any volcanic activity."

Let's see, earthquake within 10 mi. of large volcano. Earthquake not associated with volcano?

[Strategerist]

Let's see, earthquake within 10 mi. of large volcano. Earthquake not associated with volcano?

There's plenty of purely tectonic seismicity in Western Washington that has nothing to do with volcanism at all.

[MineralMan]

Entirely possible that there's no connection. Lots of faulted areas in that location, and earthquakes are not uncommon.

Proximity doesn't equal causation.

[Recovering Hermit]

I don't think it was an earthquake, though. Some noise accompanied the shaking.

Tamales and a big bowl of Menudo the night before?

[RobRoy]

For crying out loud. 4.5?! That is not even news.

[LasVegasMac]

I don't think it was an earthquake, though. Some noise accompanied the shaking.

Ted Kennedy?

Rosie O'donut?

[Allegra]

Ted Kennedy and Rosie are good guesses, as is the menudo (like I would eat that...yecchhh) but my guess is something connected to Muqtada al Sadr.

That's been the explanation du jour for tremors in my neighborhood of late.

[Jeffrey_D.]

Bush" Fault ?????

[gotribe]

For crying out loud. 4.5?! That is not even news.

Any earthquake near Rainier is news. If it ever erupts, a good part of Seattle may go.

[RobRoy]

>>Any earthquake near Rainier is news. If it ever erupts, a good part of Seattle may go.<<

Which is just more proof that it IS a real estate bubble!

[RobRoy]

>>"Yelin said he did not think the quake was associated with any volcanic activity."

Let's see, earthquake within 10 mi. of large volcano. Earthquake not associated with volcano?<<

"Volcano" and "volcanic activity" are two completely different things that just start with the same letter.

[tubebender]

More info here... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1715682/posts

[Strategerist]

If it ever erupts, a good part of Seattle may go.

Not really.

It's a significant danger to some of the distant suburbs to the south of Seattle that have gotten more built up in recent years, and a much smaller risk to Tacoma.

However, it doesn't have to erupt - it just has to collapse.

[bigfootbob]

We felt the quake here in Kingston.

I agree about your assessment. The biggest problem area would be the Cedar/Duwamish water sheds and the Harbor Island fill in Seattle.

Puyallup & Tacoma would feel the brunt on the Western side if the eruption came this direction, Yakima and the fruit growing areas in the East would see mega change if it blows East.

I have a buddy who lives in Orting, they have all kinds of drills and early detection devices to educate the residents that when the volcano blows, boogie down!

[Strategerist]

The Electron Mudflow, which Orting is built on top of, apparently occured without any eruption from Rainier at all.

[xarmydog]

Rap concert?

[hadit2here]

If it ever erupts, a good part of Seattle may go.

There is no "good part" of Seattle.

[Delmont]

It's not the magnitude it's the proximity. They aren't making a big deal of it in Seattle news but still, when you live 80 miles from something known to blow it's top, it can give cause for concern.