The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Nisqually_earthquake" id="mwwA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2001 Nisqually earthquake">2001 Nisqually earthquake</a>, having a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_magnitude_scale" id="mwwQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Moment magnitude scale">moment magnitude</a> of 6.8, with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicenter" id="mwwg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Epicenter">epicenter</a> in the southern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puget_Sound" id="mwww" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Puget Sound">Puget Sound</a>, damages <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_metropolitan_area" id="mwxA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Seattle metropolitan area">Seattle metropolitan area</a>.<sup about="#mwt121" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-23"}}' id="cite_ref-23" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_28#cite_note-23" id="mwxQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 23;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwxg">[23]</span></a></sup>
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