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People in the Pacific Northwest might be interested in this previous New Yorker article about the Cascadia subduction zone, and the earthquake that will someday
by my_first_acct 10y ago
People in the Pacific Northwest might be interested in this previous New Yorker article about the Cascadia subduction zone, and the earthquake that will someday hit:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-...
- ChuckMcM 10y agoYup, when that one goes its going to make quite a mess.
- NamTaf 10y agoThis was a really good, morbid read. Thank you.
- tajen 10y agoIndeed, the order of the story is interesting: Starts with the trees that are all the same age in a given place at an 8-months precision, continues with Indian stories related to an event at 50-year precision, and confirmed by Japanese record tracking at a few minutes precision... And the story continues with the primary earthquake, followed by all secondary events, each increasing in exponential damage. It's a great, relatable report of the state of knowledge. But I can't represent myself the map or extent of this damage. Do we expect 5m people to die in Seatle and Vancouver, or are we expecting rather 100m people to die from Los Angeles to Alaska, and another 1m in Japan?