By Zuri Anderson
Feb 28, 2021
Dubbed the Nisqually earthquake, it took less than a minute to leave billions of dollars of damage and nearly 400 people injured, according to sources. In Western Washington, some buildings were seriously damaged along with roads and bridges. One person reportedly died from a heart attack after the quake.
Reporters said the 2001 quake had a magnitude of 6.8 and struck a fault more than 35 miles under the Nisqually Delta, 11 miles north of Olympia. The worst damage was in downtown Olympia, including the state capitol and to Pioneer Square in Seattle. Tacoma was largely spared,
KING 5 wrote. The quake was felt as far away as southern British Columbia, central Oregon and northwestern Montana, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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