Talk:1949 Olympia earthquake

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Largest? How so?

The 2001 Nisqually quake was 6.8, 0.1 larger than 1949 or 1965. So why does this article claim it "is" the largest recorded here? --Haruo (talk) 17:47, 30 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

yes largest! USGS says magnitude 71.

The USGS and most others call it a magnitude 7.1 I lived through both and the 1949 was huge compared to the others. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doug.wyman (talk • contribs) 22:06, 12 February 2018 (UTC) ^[1][reply]

Fixed magnitude per refs. Schazjmd (talk) 23:16, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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