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Cascadia fault megaquake was the worst-case scenario. Scientists just found an even bigger problem
A megaquake in the Pacific Northwest could trigger a large earthquake along California's San Andreas Fault, creating an unprecedented catastrophe up and down the Pacific Coast, a new study has found.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – January 26 marked the 325th anniversary since the last earthquake struck the Cascadia Subduction Zone.
In 1954, a powerful earthquake shook Northern California near Humboldt Bay, baffling scientists for decades. Most quakes in the region come from the Gorda Plate, but this one didn’t fit the pattern.
The Carrizo Plain in eastern San Luis Obispo County contains the most strikingly graphic portion of the San Andreas Fault. Sediment cores recovered from the Pacific seafloor suggest that megathrust ...
Off the coasts of southern British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and northern California lies a 600 mile-long strip where the Pacific Ocean floor is slowly diving eastward under North America. This ...
The Cascadia Subduction Zone is unusually quiet for a megathrust fault. Spanning more than 600 miles from Canada to California, the fault marks the convergence of the Juan de Fuca and North American ...
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Two fault systems on North America’s West Coast – the Cascadia subduction zone and the San Andreas fault – may be synchronized, with earthquakes on one fault potentially triggering ...
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If you live near one of these 5 fault lines, here's what you need to know
The ground beneath your feet is rarely as still as it seems. The United States sits atop a restless tectonic landscape, and millions of Americans live within close range of fault lines capable of ...
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