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The “big one” might not come alone: Double West Coast earthquake threat

Two of the most dangerous fault systems on the U.S. West Coast may be more connected than scientists once thought. New ...
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Experts alert: 1,000-foot tsunami threat on West Coast—Cascadia fault 326 years past due

Experts caution that the Cascadia Subduction Zone — a 700-mile fault line stretching from Northern California to British Columbia — is overdue for a significant rupture by 326 years, having last ...
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The Earth is tearing itself apart near Vancouver Island in the Pacific Northwest

Subduction zones can look permanent on a map. They run for hundreds or thousands of miles, haul oceanic crust into the mantle ...
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Mega-Tsunami Threat Looms as Cascadia Fault Builds Toward 9.0 Quake, Experts Warn

It’s not a matter of if, but when. The big one, so to speak, is coming. And according to recent study from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, there’s a 15% chance of a rupture in the ...
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Earth is splitting open beneath the Pacific Northwest, scientists say

For the first time, scientists have watched a subduction zone literally fall apart beneath the ocean floor. Using advanced ...
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The Cascadia Subduction Zone isn't shutting down—but it's more complicated than previously thought

Recent seismic imaging off Vancouver Island has revealed something extraordinary: a tear in the subducting oceanic plate beneath the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The finding briefly raised the public's ...

Earth’s crust is breaking up under Cascadia, study finds

For the first time, scientists have directly observed a subduction zone breaking apart deep beneath the ocean, offering a ...