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03-25-2014, 10:33 PM
Earthquake May Have Caused Washington Mudslide, Official Says
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ARLINGTON, Washington — A small earthquake struck just days before the deadly mudslide ravaged a rural community in Washington state last Saturday morning, officials say.
John Pennington, director of S**homish County Emergency Management, said at a Tuesday morning press briefing that a 1.1 magnitude earthquake struck on March 10 just 100-yards behind the site of the mudslide. Officials were eyeing the quake as the cause.
While it wasn't discovered by authorities until Monday, Pennington says, he believes that there was **thing local authorities could have done to warn citizens that a disaster was imminent Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/25/earthquake-washington-mudslide/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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ARLINGTON, Washington — A small earthquake struck just days before the deadly mudslide ravaged a rural community in Washington state last Saturday morning, officials say.
John Pennington, director of S**homish County Emergency Management, said at a Tuesday morning press briefing that a 1.1 magnitude earthquake struck on March 10 just 100-yards behind the site of the mudslide. Officials were eyeing the quake as the cause.
While it wasn't discovered by authorities until Monday, Pennington says, he believes that there was **thing local authorities could have done to warn citizens that a disaster was imminent Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/25/earthquake-washington-mudslide/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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