![]() ![]() But then they looked down and saw the water covering their village and the whole coast they knew they could never make the world right again. “And the water was flowing all over.” The people went to the top of a hill, wearing headbands of woodpecker feathers, so they could dance a jumping dance that would keep the earthquake away and return them to their normal lives. “The earth would quake and quake again and quake again,” said the Yurok people. ![]() His feet were heavy and when he ran he shook the ground so much it sank down and the ocean poured in. In the year 1700, on January 26, at 9:00 at night, in what is now northern California, Earthquake was running up and down the coast. Listen now, download, or subscribe to “Hakai Magazine Audio Edition” through your favorite podcast app. This article is also available in audio format. Stream or download audio For this article Septem| 3,100 words, about 15 minutes Share this article Indigenous people told terrifying stories about the devastation but refused to leave. Illustration by Jeffrey Veregge The Great Quake and the Great Drowning Mega-quakes have periodically rocked North America’s Pacific Northwest. ![]() Thunderbird and Whale had a terrible fight. ![]()
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