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	GEO-EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING RECONNAISSANCE Turning Disaster into Knowledge
GEER-005/MARCH 2001	Some Observations of Geotechnical Aspects of the February 28, 2001, Nisqually Earthquake in Olympia, South Seattle, and Tacoma, Washington
	A report sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California at Berkeley, University of Arizona, Washington State University, Shannon & Wilson, Inc., and Leighton and Associates
	Jonathan D. Bray, Rodolfo B. Sancio, Ann Marie Kammerer, Scott Merry, Adrian Rodriguez-Marek, Bijan Khazai, Susan Chang, Ali Bastani, Brian Collins, Elizabeth Hausler, Douglas Dreger, William J. Perkins, and Monique Nykamp
	GEER Association Report No. GEER-005
	March 2001
	SPONSOR ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation through the GeoEnvironmental Engineering and GeoHazards Mitigation Program under Grant No. CMMI-0323914. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF. The GEER Association is made possible by the vision and support of the NSF Geoenvironmental Engineering and GeoHazards Mitigation Program Directors: Dr. Richard Fragaszy and the late Dr. Cliff Astill. GEER members also donate their time, talent, and resources to collect time-sensitive field observations of the effects of earthquakes. The GEER Association web site, which contains additional information, may be found at: http://research.eerc.berkeley.edu/projects/GEER.