4.3 magnitude earthquake tests Washington's emergency alert system

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4.3 magnitude earthquake tests Washington's emergency alert system
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Manuel Ellis' mother, Marcia Carter-Patterson, testified in court Monday. She said Ellis 'looked good' on a video call the night of his death.

If the quake exceeded magnitude 5 an alert would have given people near the epicenter a five seconds heads up. In the Seattle area, it would have been 11 seconds.at the University of Washington."It felt like but it was brief and it took a second but it was like, 'Oh it’s an earthquake.'"The earthquake's epicenter was near Marrowstone Island which is close to Port Townsend and Whidbey Island. It happened just after 7:20 p.m.

But with Sunday’s earthquake researchers saw that the alert system does work and it’s able to give at least a few seconds heads up. The earthquake was felt as far north as Vancouver, British Columbia, and as far south as Olympia because it was a deep earthquake that happened about 35 miles below the surface. Deep earthquakes can be felt in a larger radius even if they’re not necessarily causing damage.

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