Boise State University’s Department of Geosciences is currently acquiring seismic profiles to image the Southern Whidbey Island fault near Woodinville, Carnation and Snoqualmie.

The team hopes to identify the fault location, characterize the fault history, and identify the interplay with the Seattle Fault that extends through downtown Seattle. Testing equipment was set up last week on NE 195th Street between 156th Avenue and the Lake Leota area in Woodinville and is presently along Ames Lake Road between state highways 202 and 203. The project, funded through a grant from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), is part of a multi-year campaign to study active faults in the Puget Lowland. The study has encompassed Bellevue and Tacoma in previous years and now includes the Woodinville, Carnation and Snoqualmie areas. The City has requested that it receive the final report expected to be complete in several months.

This project is not associated with the Brightwater Wastewater Treatment Facility.