Technology It'll take another year before earthquake alerts will buzz Washington phones The ShakeAlert earthquake early warning app is under development in the Northwest. Paige Browning
Environment Retrofitting Seattle's vulnerable buildings could cost over $1 billion A new report is finally putting a price on the cost of crucial earthquake safety fixes in Seattle. Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
How the Northwest can learn from Indonesia’s deadly 2018 quake Last September, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake followed by a tsunami devastated a region of Indonesia, killing more than 4,300 people. Two Oregon State and... Tom Banse
This old ship could help clear the way for relief after a Cascadia megaquake A former Navy landing ship commissioned during World War II could come to the rescue when a big Cascadia earthquake hits someday. A group based in... Tom Banse
Environment 'Bowl Of JELL-O Effect' could bring down tall buildings in the Big One, scientists say A research project to model the effects from a Cascadia megaquake found higher risk of collapse for modern tall buildings than previously thought. Tom Banse
Politics Nearly 4,500 older brick buildings in Washington could be dangerous in a quake, new report says The State of Washington has completed its first statewide inventory of buildings prone to crumble or collapse in an earthquake. The bottom line: There... Tom Banse
Politics Bricks could rain down on your head during the next major quake. These proposals want to fix that Thousands of old brick, stone and concrete buildings in the Pacific Northwest could crumble in the next strong earthquake. To face that challenge,... Tom Banse
Environment There were few major quakes in the Pacific Northwest over the last decade. Is that… normal? Most people in the Pacific Northwest know we live in earthquake country. A new analysis published this week, however, notes that major quakes in the... Tom Banse
Environment The day the volcano meters went dark (because of the federal shutdown) For close to 6 hours, our region was nearly blind to what was happening inside our backyard volcanoes. John Ryan
Politics 5 unexpected ways the government shutdown affects Seattle and Washington state For one, earthquake monitoring. Yikes. Paige Browning KUOW Staff
