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Long-term impacts of next Cascadia subduction zone earthquake could be even worse than feared
When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five minutes, and tsunami waves as tall as 100 feet could barrel toward shore. But that’s just the start of the expected horrors.
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'The Big One' could rock the Pacific Northwest and fuel sea-level rise and massive floodingThe geology of the Cascadia subduction zone has largely staved off climate-related sea-level rise in the Pacific Northwest, ...
A major earthquake in the Pacific Northwest could sink land and expand flood zones, putting thousands more at risk.
This should have West Coasters shaking in their shoes.
Thousands in the Pacific Northwest face a heightened flood risk, not just from rising sea levels, but from the land itself ...
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When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five ...
Researchers conduct shallow sediment sampling in the Salmon River estuary in Oregon in 2023. They are using gouge corers and GPS surveying equipment to document stratigraphy and land-level changes ...
This map (left image) indicates the sites of the 24 estuaries along the coast in the Cascadia subduction zone where Tina Dura and her team took geological core samples. The photo on the right is of ...
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