Earthquakes & Tsunamis

I mentioned The Really Big One after reading about the Cascadia subduction zone a few weeks ago. Kathryn Schultz put together a fascinating report for The New Yorker on the seismic history and future of the Pacific Northwest. 

The next full-margin rupture of the Cascadia subduction zone will spell the worst natural disaster in the history of the continent.

Not surprisingly, this caused some alarm among readers in the region. This week she published a follow-up, How to Stay Safe When the Big One Comes


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