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[h=4]Moment of silence honors Oso landslide victims[/h]OSO, Wash. — A moment of silence was observed in Oso, Wash., on Sunday to remember the 43 people who lost their lives in the deadliest landslide in U.S. history.
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On the first anniversary of the Oso, Wash., landslide, the names of the 43 people who died are read Sunday, March 22, 2015. KING-TV, Seattle-Tacoma, Wash.
A moment of silence is held at the site of last year's Oso landslide to mark the first anniversary since the landslide killed 43 people.(Photo: Amy Moreno, KING-TV, Seattle-Tacoma, Wash.)
OSO, Wash. — A moment of silence was observed in Oso, Wash., on Sunday to remember the 43 people who lost their lives in the deadliest landslide in U.S. history.
The ceremony began at 10:37 a.m. — the time the first slide hit — along the reconstructed Highway 530.
On March 22, 2014, a rain-soaked hillside collapsed suddenly, sending a million tons of sand and soil thundering across a river valley, destroying dozens of homes and entombing 43 people.
USA TODAY
Oso landslide hit fast, hard and with no warning
Seismic records showed that the slide — which had an area almost 1 square mile across — came without warning.
Several people also were critically hurt in the area about 55 miles northeast of Seattle. The debris blocked a 1-mile stretch of highway 530.
According to records from the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, the wall of mud was so big that the rumbling sound it created was picked up on 17 seismometers, some as far as 170 miles away.
There were actually several slides over the course of an hour. The first, and biggest, lasted for two and a half minutes, recordings showed.
On Sunday, a procession to the memorial site was led by the King County Firefighters Pipes & Drums and an honor guard.
The names of all 43 victims were read and a bell was sounded for each one.
Contributing: Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY; Elizabeth Wiley and Heather Graf, KING-TV, Seattle-Tacoma, Wash.; The Associated Press.
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