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Long-term impacts of next Cascadia subduction zone earthquake could be even worse than feared
When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five ...
New California Earthquake Risk Raised by Scientists
A new study warns that a megathrust earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone could cause coastal land to sink permanently.
3.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Okanogan
Did you feel it? The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN) says a 3.0 magnitude earthquake hit near Okanogan Wednesday ...
Underwater fault line could produce major earthquake on the West Coast
Cascadia's four segments make it more dangerous ... the differences in the elevation of rocks that signify recently active ...
GeekWire1 年
Cascadia fault
Earthquake experts say current building codes don’t reflect the riskiest features of the Seattle area’s geology — but the outlook for survivability looks a lot better if the Really Big ...
Nature3 个月
Do faults shimmy before they shake?
Figure 1: Slip along the plate boundary fault of a subduction zone. Although a recent analysis of NVT in Cascadia supports its origin at the plate boundary interface, (K. Creager, Univ.
Simon Fraser University3 年
The Cascadia Subduction Zone
The Cascadia subduction zone, where the oceanic Juan de Fuca plate descends beneath ... The intersection of the deformation front with the SW-trending Nootka transform fault, which is characterized by ...
Simon Fraser University3 年
Crustal Faults
In 1998, the SHIPS (Seismic Hazards Investigation in Puget Sound) program acquired seismic reflection data through Puget Sound as part of a large survey aimed at mapping the subsurface architecture to ...