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15 years ago today, the Nisqually Earthquake

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City of Ferndale’s emergency communications center. Photo: Discover Ferndale

About 11am on Wednesday, February 28th, 2001 a magnitude 6.8 earthquake centered between Tacoma and Olympia shook the Puget Sound region like none other in recent history. Even hundreds of miles north in Ferndale, neighbors reported feeling and hearing significant ground movement.

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