19 years ago: Western Washington rocked by 6.8 Nisqually quake

Nineteen years ago, Western Washington was rocked.

A magnitude 6.8 quake shook the Nisqually Delta, to the northwest of Olympia, for 40 seconds. In less than a minute, an estimated 200 people were injured. The quake was also cited as the cause for one man's fatal heart attack in Burien.