Mount Rainier towering over Pacific Northwest forests in Cascadia
Photo:Kalen Emsley

Seattle

Two very different sources threaten the city: the shallow Seattle Fault runs straight beneath it, while the Cascadia subduction zone offshore last ruptured in January 1700 in an event recorded by a tsunami on the coast of Japan.

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Tectonic Profile

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Associated Faults3

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Regional PopulationLandScan

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Living within 200 km of the city centre

Building VulnerabilityModerate

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Mixed construction stock with regional engineering standards

Tectonic Setting

Subduction Zone

Critical Hazard

Major plate boundary with high strain accumulation

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Regional Volcanism & Monitored Vents

Active vents and Holocene volcanic structures within the monitored boundary (Seattle) · 7

2008
Mount St. Helens
Stratovolcano
Details
2.5 km
1880
Baker
Stratovolcano
3.3 km
1700
Glacier Peak
Stratovolcano
3.2 km
1450
Rainier
Stratovolcano
4.4 km
950
Adams
Stratovolcano
3.7 km
5750 BCE
West Crater
Volcanic field
1.3 km
6250 BCE
Indian Heaven
Volcanic field
1.8 km
Catalogue: Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program.Volcanoes of the World
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Washington EMD

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The event table on this page lists every earthquake recorded inside the felt radius of Seattle, newest first, with its distance from the city centre and its magnitude. The top row is therefore the most recent event, and the list updates as soon as a reporting agency publishes a solution.