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Hey there from the KUOW Newsroom. This is Seattle Now. I'm Ruby Deluna with a roundup of today's top stories. It's Wednesday, July 30th.

The tsunami advisory for the Washington Coast is now over with no reports of injuries or major damage.

The first waves hit the Washington Coast last night, measuring less than a foot.

Daniel Ongard leads the tsunami hazards program for the Washington Geological Survey.

He says the modest waves were a good practice run.

Fortunately, we're not seeing any major impacts to Washington.

So this is a really good opportunity for Washingtonians to kind of take stock of their situation,

how they're getting their information, because the next event might not be so fortunate for us.

Ongard says the waves were highest at La Pouche and Port Angeles.

Fortunately, that 8.8 magnitude earthquake in the Pacific Ocean didn't cause much damage in Washington State, but it did get people asking, is Seattle ready for the next big quake?

Joshua McNichols has more.

Curry-Mayer is Director of Seattle's Office of Emergency Management. She says Seattle has some unique challenges

since it's surrounded by water. To get around Seattle, you have to cross a lot of bridges.

The damage to the roadways and also to the bridges will cause there to be isolated areas,

which we're calling islands. They won't actually be islands. Obviously, there'll be areas that

are isolated from being able to get from one place to another.

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