MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: In the state of Washington, life is returning to normal after Wednesday's major earthquake. CNN national correspondent Tony Clark surveys the damage in and around Seattle.</s>TONY CLARK, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): After weathering the strongest earthquake here in more than half a century, Washington state is settling into its old routine. Downtown Seattle is bustling. And in neighborhoods that overlook the city, residents are out again, jogging, enjoying the brisk March weather.</s>NANCY GUPPY, RESIDENT: It really is back to normal, and just hoping that I don't notice some big weird crack in my house that I have overlooked.</s>CLARK: Ferries are shuttling people back and forth to the outer islands and on to Canada. At Sea-Tac Airport, where the control tower was damaged, incoming and outgoing flights are running about 75 percent normal. Tourist attractions, from the Space Needle to the Pike Place Market, are again alive with activity. Yet just down First Street, Pioneer Square, you can see the effects of Wednesday's earthquake. Older buildings, often historic, suffered some of the worst damage. Repairing those will take time. Yet despite losses statewide that could top $2 billion, there is a keen awareness it could have been much worse.</s>GOV. GARY LOCKE, WASHINGTON: Had it been not at 11:00 in the morning but perhaps shortly after noon when people were on the sidewalks off on their way to lunch or shopping, all that falling debris and bricks and cinder blocks could have easily killed someone. Had the earthquake been centered closer to Seattle and not at the state capital 60 miles south, or closer to the surface, the -- it would have been a catastrophic earthquake.</s>CLARK: That's why so many here in Washington feel so lucky to be able to return to normal life so quickly. Tony Clark, CNN, Seattle.
Washington Returns to Normal After Massive Earthquake