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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 ...
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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.
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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 ...
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Cascadia earthquake could trigger seismic activity on San Andreas Fault, OSU study suggests

The threat of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone has hung over the Pacific Northwest for decades. Seismologists and emergency managers say “The Big One” could be one of the ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
The Spokesman-Review

San Andreas, Cascadia faults could combine to produce back-to-back earthquake disasters, new research suggests

They are two of the West Coast’s most destructive generators of huge earthquakes: The San Andreas fault in California and the Cascadia subduction zone offshore of California’s North Coast, Oregon, ...
Scientific American

New Clues Suggest San Andreas and Cascadia Faults May Produce Synchronized Earthquakes

The West Coast of North America is a geologically tumultuous zone where tectonic plates collide, subducting under and scraping past one another. Over the eons, this activity has regularly caused major ...
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West Coast's two monster faults could trigger back-to-back earthquakes, new research suggests

They are two of the West Coast's most destructive generators of huge earthquakes: the San Andreas fault in California and the Cascadia subduction zone offshore of California's North Coast, Oregon, ...
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 ...