WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. — A ranar Litinin, 20 ga Janairu, 2025, masana ilimin girgizar ƙasa (PSNS) sun ba da rahoton cewa an gano girgizar ƙasa biyu a kusan mil 70 kudu da yankin Whatcom County. An gano cewa cibiyar girgizar ƙasa ta farko ta kasance kusan mil 7 arewa da North Bend kuma tana da zurfin mil 10.
Girgizar ƙasa ta farko ta faru ne da karfe 1:35 na rana kuma tana da girman 3.5. Girgizar ta biyu kuma ta faru ne da karfe 5:03 na rana kuma tana da girman 2.8. Wadanda suka ji girgizar ƙasa ta farko sun bayyana cewa ta kasance kwatsam da fashewa maimakon raƙuma.
Bisa ga rahoton USGS, girgizar ƙasa ta farko ta faru ne kusan mil 5 arewa maso gabashin Snoqualmie. Girgizar ta biyu kuma ta faru ne kusan mil 3 arewa maso gabashin Fall City. Wadanda suka ji girgizar ƙasa sun iya ba da rahoton abin da suka ji ta hanyar USGS.
Yawancin girgizar ƙasa a jihar Washington suna da alaƙa da motsi na Juan de Fuca Plate da North American Continental Plate yayin da Juan de Fuca Plate ke zamewa ƙarƙashin nahiyar Arewacin Amirka, wanda ake kira Cascadia Subduction Zone. Bisa ga ma’aikatar albarkatun ƙasa ta jihar Washington (DNR), girgizar ƙasa tana faruwa a Washington kowace rana, amma yawancinsu ba su da girman da za a iya ji. Jihar tana da matsayi na biyu mafi haɗarin fuskantar babbar girgizar ƙasa da za ta yi barna a Amurka saboda yanayin yanayin ƙasa.
Yankin Pacific Northwest yawanci yana fuskantar nau’ikan girgizar ƙasa guda uku: girgizar ƙasa ta subduction, girgizar ƙasa ta crustal, da girgizar ƙasa ta slab. Wadannan nau’ikan girgizar ƙasa suna da tasiri ga yankin kuma suna buƙatar kulawa da kariya daga masana.
