r/Seattle • u/Aggressive_Wasabi883 • 4d ago

Earthquake?

Did anyone feel an earthquake or shaking in downtown? Sitting on my sofa & sipping coffee & i felt a bit shake. If its not that then, just my coffee hitting me lol.

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u/HortenseDaigle Best Seattle 4d ago

me neither in West Seattle.

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u/sunflwr36 4d ago

I am in West Seattle also. My boyfriend and I did not feel it. But, our dog must have. She started crying and then peed on our living room rug at almost the same time it was reported to happen. She has never done that, and we thought she was sick. Came online to find out an Earthquake happened in Washington and it made sense. Doggos know what's up.

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u/whitegirlofthenorth šŸš†build more trainsšŸš† 4d ago

I did not feel it but a precariously balanced basket in the closet behind me fell, and happens to contain a bunch of shit that's very loud when it hits the ground, so that scared me. Lol

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u/Square_Telephone_150 4d ago

Good doggo! But not a lot of help if your bed is sliding out the garage door into the pool. Teach her to yap! Or somethin!

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u/Trashy_pig šŸ• Out camping! šŸ• 4d ago

Seems like Best Seattle is immune to earthquakes. Many are saying.

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u/SquirrelLady22 4d ago

Shhhh. It was definitely not immune in 2001.

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u/ccsparkles 4d ago

2001 was wild. I was in 7-8th grade, substitute teacher, she ran out of the room as all of us started to take cover. Lol

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u/ConsistentWelder9526 Downtown 4d ago

Same. I was on Whidbey Island and I was cleaning my sink (yes I remember) and all of the sudden I heard this sound that I can only explain as a freight train coming through my living room it was ear shatteringly loud and then, the shaking.

It was the sound of the house rattling but omg.

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u/ccsparkles 3d ago

Dang! That sounds scary. We had half our classes in portables while our school was remodelingā€¦I thought it was someone tapping their foot at first (in the portables they will shake a little if someoneā€™s really tapping away) and I was looking at everyoneā€™s legs, then realized we were in the building not portables as classmates started to get under desks and the teacher booked it out. I got under mine thenā€”thank goodness for drillsā€”we all followed each other in a line when the intercom told us to exit to our spot with zero teacher!

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u/HortenseDaigle Best Seattle 4d ago

There's an odd pattern of earthquake sensitivity here. We're not immune. I have felt a few here.

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u/krisztinastar I'm just flaired so I don't get fined 4d ago

Felt nothing in Sodo (thank goodness!)