cascadia earthquakes
It’s a good time to remember that the most dangerous earthquake fault on the West Coast is the Cascadia Subduction Zone, not the San Andreas Fault. The Cascadia Subduction Zone is capable of producing a megathrust earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0+ and a resulting tsunami up to 100 feet high. If such a megathrust earthquake occurred today, FEMA estimates that over 10,000 people could die, with tens of billions of dollars in damages. Recent studies suggest that past Cascadia megathrust earthquakes may have also triggered major earthquakes on the northern segment of the San Andreas Fault. The last megathrust earthquake on the Cascadia Subduction Zone occurred in 1700, an event estimated at magnitude 9.0. It generated a tsunami over 50 feet high
Cascadia: The Earthquake that will Destroy Westcoast America - YouTube
Geologist: Damaging Cascadia earthquakes are coming; here's a NW WA shaking primer | Cascadia Daily News
30+ years ago we didn't know that M9 earthquakes occur in #Cascadia You can't prepare for something that you don't know about. Now we know that they occur, how often, the date of the last one, and where energy is being stored for the next one. A scenario: http://www.crew.org/products-programs/cascadia-subduction-zone-earthquakes-magnitude-90-earthquake-scenario
Was a humongous Cascadia earthquake just one of many? | Live Science
The next full-margin rupture of the Cascadia subduction zone will spell the worst natural disaster in the history of the continent.
A Massive Earthquake Is Coming to Cascadia—And It Can't Be Stopped - Atlas Obscura
Today marks 322 years since the last Cascadia earthquake. Are you ready for the Big One? - oregonlive.com