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Jun 7, 2024 · A new study offers a deeper glimpse into two colliding tectonic plates than we’ve ever had before. The research, published June 7 in the journal Science Advances, includes imagery of the lower ...
Jun 21, 2024 · What is 'the Big One'? Scientists have long warned of the potential for a high-magnitude and catastrophic earthquake to affect the Pacific Northwest possibly any day now.
Aug 5, 2018 · Where the Pacific Northwest’s “Big One” Is More Likely to Strike. Differences observed along the Cascadia Fault explain why certain areas see more rumbling. By Miles Bodmer, Doug Toomey & The...
2 days ago · Expanding how we see megadisasters There are also mega threats beyond “the big one” quake feared along a ruptured fault or a waking “very high threat” volcano. As explained in detail in my ...
Jun 27, 2024 · “The big one is supposed to be worse,” we whispered to ourselves, and to one another. In the psychogeography of Southern California, it lay sleeping like a monster deep beneath the Earth’s...
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Jun 11, 2024 · A new study reveals the undersea fault off Vancouver Island and Washington state is the most likely to produce the most destructive quakes in the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The research provides better maps of the fault system and ground shaking hazard, but cannot predict when the next mega quake will hit.
May 28, 2015 · A major earthquake on the San Andreas fault could cause billions of dollars in damage and thousands of deaths in California, but not a tsunami or a chasm. Learn how scientists modeled the ShakeOut scenario and what Californians can do to prepare for the inevitable Big One.
