spectacles from the 1994 Northridge...

spectacles from the 1994 Northridge earthquake in California's San Fernando Valley were rekindled as residents of the Seattle area experienced the 6.8-magnitude Nisqually earthquake onward Feb. 28.

Although more powerful than Northridge, the quake caused little damage by way of comparison due to its 36-mile silence Northridge, which was 11 miles unfathomable had a magnitude of 67 and caused $40 billion in damages. Damages from the Nisqually are estimated at $2 billion.

Damage is for the most part nonstructural

according to mid-March, 27 buildings in the Seattle area had been red-tagged, or marked as not fit for