25 years after Nisqually quake, expert warns ‘it will happen again’

The City of Seattle marked the anniversary of the 6.8 magnitude earthquake on Thursday by discussing ongoing contingency plans for another powerful quake.

SEATTLE — A quarter century after the Nisqually earthquake shook the Pacific Northwest, one of the country’s leading experts in seismic activity is reiterating a message he’s delivered several times: it will happen again.

University of Washington professor Harold Tobin, who is also the director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, joined a panel of other experts at an event hosted by the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections.

“Nisqually was 25 years ago, it’s been long time, it kind of

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