KOIN Portland on MSN5 个月
Cascadia Subduction Zone study reveals area at particular risk for massive quake
A new study mapping the Cascadia Subduction Zone is giving scientists clues about the state of the fault line as the Pacific ...
EurekAlert!2 年
Subduction Zone Map (IMAGE)
The Cascadia Subduction Zone is capable of generating powerful earthquakes. The study found compact sediments along the coast of Washington and northern Oregon, a result that suggests that the ...
EurekAlert!2 年
Cascadia Subduction Zone (IMAGE)
Map shows the Cascadia Subduction Zone along the Pacific Northwest coast ... pieces of the upper mantle are rising and modulating earthquake activity. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!
Scientists finally think they know where the most dangerous part of this US earthquake zone ...
Hidden off the US Western shore, beneath the Pacific Ocean, is the Cascadia Subduction Zone. This fault is capable of ...
Business Insider27 天
A mega-earthquake could strike the Pacific Northwest any day — and we're not prepared
On average, the Cascadia subduction zone produces an immense earthquake every 200 to 500 years ... Tobin and other researchers are working to map the fault's structure. Their latest study may ...
Oregonian1 个月
Are you ready for the ‘big one’? This week you can practice for an earthquake in Oregon
The “big one,” a 9.0 earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone could come at any moment, as The New Yorker reminded us in 2015. But most people living in Oregon didn’t need that graphic ...