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To judge the 1700 earthquake's size ... which meet off the Pacific Northwest coast in what is called the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Atwater has previously reported finding a variety of signs ...
A single earthquake could cause the Pacific Northwest’s coastline to drop by as much as 6.5 feet in minutes permanently ...
Since then, Washington has seen smaller earthquakes, such as the magnitude 6.8 Nisqually quake in 2001, but nothing like the one caused by the Cascadia Subduction Zone. On January 26, 1700 ...
It’s the 323rd anniversary of the last Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake ... The last earthquake that occurred in this fault was on January 26, 1700, with an estimated 9.0 magnitude.” ...
The Cascadia Subduction Zone, stretching from northern California to British Columbia, is one of the most dangerous seismic ...
When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West ... The last of those major quakes occurred in 1700. The National Seismic Hazard Model suggests there ...
Researchers developed a fourth-generation buoy in Seattle that can detect an earthquake-triggered tsunami 10-15 minutes ...
On Jan. 26, 1700, one of the largest earthquakes ... for the next major change to the Earth's crust. The next Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake will likely be just as large as the last one ...
The last time the Cascadia subduction zone burped up a massive, zone-wide earthquake was way back in 1700. No one knows when it will happen again: it could be this year or more than 100 years from ...
And they are a direct product of the earthquake in 1700. During the big events ... with warning systems for the Cascadia zone. “The Cascadia Subduction Zone is tens of miles offshore in the ...
The Cascadia Subduction Zone looks a little different than researchers thought. Here's what that means for "The Big One." ...