Emergency Proclamation issued within one hour of the event. Damages to County Facilities Buildings Downtown building evacuations with county functions - all closed until Monday. Sheriff s Office Communications Center moved to alternate work sites at precincts. Enumclaw swimming pool, closed for undetermined time. Two bridges and 6 roads closed due to damage or landslides.
King County is half way through a bridge retrofit program.
70 bridges that have completed retrofitting did well. Closing While this was one of the larger earthquakes we have experienced in modern times, it pales in comparison to the true seismic risks we have as an urban county. The map to my right that is colored heavily in red shows the intense level of shaking that we can expect from a Seattle Fault crustal earthquake running through our urban center. It is for this reason that we have invested significant effort into disaster prevention activities. A seismic study of our major transportation network from the port of Tacoma to the Port of Seattle.