It's been 325 years since the last huge Cascadia shock, and researchers are getting ready for another with an array of new tools.
It's been 325 years since the last huge Cascadia shock, and researchers are getting ready for another with an array of new tools.
On Jan. 26, 1700, a massive earthquake erupted along the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the West Coast of the United States. The quake sent a tsunami across the Pacific Ocean to Japan and drowned forests along the Oregon coast.
It’s now 325 years later, and earthquake scientists say we’re overdue for another similarly large quake to hit the Pacific Northwest. It’s a matter of when, not if. And this time around, an earthquake would strike a now highly populated region, setting off cascading impacts: Flooding the coastline, triggering landslides, collapsing bridges many miles inland, and damaging infrastructure across the Northwest for months to years afterwards.
At the University of Oregon, researchers are working from many angles to make sure people across the Cascadia region are as prepared as possible.
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