Quake Strikes Near Mount Rainier

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Great Earthquakes In Diverse Places

Quake Strikes Near Mount Rainier*

Sunday October 8, 2006 6:31 AM

SEATTLE (AP) - A magnitude 4.5 earthquake rattled homes east of Mount
Rainier on Saturday night, but no injuries or damage were immediately
reported.

The quake struck just before 8 p.m. about 7 miles east of the mountain's
summit, said Tom Yelin of the University of Washington Seismology
Laboratory.

Yelin said he did not think the quake was associated with any volcanic
activity.

Residents in Packwood, Maple Valley, Enumclaw and Renton reported
feeling the earthquake, which was followed by two smaller aftershocks.