History Café: The Nisqually Quake and Fixing the Bricks

MOHAI invites you to a powerful evening exploring how earthquakes have shaped Seattle’s past—and how they could define our future.
Seattle sits in the shadow of seismic risk, from the massive Cascadia Subduction Zone to the deep tremors of the Nisqually Earthquake. But our community’s relationship with earthquakes goes back much further, woven into Indigenous knowledge, settlement patterns, and the very bricks that built our neighborhoods. Join a panel of experts as we connect history, science, and community resilience.

This event will spark urgent conversations about memory, science, and preparedness. Together, we’ll look at how lessons from the past and present can help us build a safer future—before the ground moves again.

History Café is produced as a partnership between HistoryLink and MOHAI. Support for this program is provided by the Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation.

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