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A 9.2 megathrust could wreck the Pacific Northwest, experts warn

A 9.2 megathrust earthquake on the Cascadia Subduction Zone would not just rattle the Pacific Northwest, it would redraw the ...
Amaze Lab on MSN

9 warning signs FEMA says could trigger $134B Cascadia megaquake

A massive earthquake off the Pacific Northwest coast is not a distant abstraction but a well-defined geological threat. Along ...
Yahoo

Few will remember this earthquake, but something far worse is looming

The Kamchatka Peninsula earthquake may not have brought the same devastation as previous shocks, but a far more deadly seismic event is looming for the US West Coast. A major 600-mile-long fault line ...
AOL

Two of the Biggest Fault Lines in the World Are Synched Together. That Could Be Disastrous.

Researchers have discovered evidence of “partial synchronization” of two of the world’s most famous fault lines—the northern San Andreas Fault and Cascadia Subduction Zone. The relationship between ...
Forbes

Cascadia Megaquake Could Trigger Earthquake On The San Andreas Fault

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 ...
EurekAlert!

Twin threat: Cascadia and San Andreas faults may be seismically linked

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 ...
Marin Independent Journal

Study: San Andreas, Cascadia faults could set off huge double quake

It’s like a plot from a Hollywood movie. A massive earthquake on one West Coast fault triggers other earthquakes far away, causing vast destruction over hundreds of miles. A new study released Tuesday ...
The Bulletin

Cascadia quake may create ’emergency situation’ in other West Coast fault zone, study warns

The so-called “Big One” or Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake expected to trigger disruptive quakes throughout the West Coast could cause more damage than previously estimated if it sets off quakes ...
Oregonian

Scientists have the ‘smoking gun’: Cascadia quake could trigger San Andreas fault

A Cascadia subduction zone earthquake is coming for the Pacific Northwest, and when it hits, scientists now believe, it could cause the San Andreas fault in California to go off. “It would be a very ...
Live Science

Link between Cascadia and San Andreas Fault earthquakes discovered 30 years after lost vessel stumbled across key data

A "Big One" on the Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest might trigger a similarly serious earthquake on California's San Andreas Fault, new research suggests. The findings are based on ...
OPB

Cascadia quake may create ‘emergency situation’ in San Andreas Fault Zone, study warns

Julia Shumway / Oregon Capital Chronicle The so-called “Big One” or Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake expected to trigger disruptive quakes throughout the West Coast could cause more damage than ...