Earthquake May Have Caused Washington Mudslide, Official Says
 

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...

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