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What To Expect In Seattle When The 'Big One' Hits

caption: An earthquake in 1949 collapsed ancillary structure to commercial building in Seattle.
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An earthquake in 1949 collapsed ancillary structure to commercial building in Seattle.
Flickr Photo/King County, WA (CC-BY-NC-ND)

Kim Malcolm talks to Seattle Times reporter Sandi Doughton about what to expect and how to prepare for when a big earthquake shakes the Northwest.

Photo credit: "Earthquake damage, Seattle, 1949," by King County, WA on flickr (CC BY NC ND 2.0)

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