Full-Rip 9.0
by Sandi Doughton · first published 2013
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Scientists have identified Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver as the urban centers of what will be the biggest earthquake—the Really Big One—in the continental United States. A quake will happen--in fact it's actually overdue. The Cascadia subduction zone is 750 miles long, running along the Pacific coast from Northern California up to southern British Columbia. In this fascinating book, The Seattle Times science reporter Sandi Doughton introduces readers to the scientists who are dedicated to understanding the way the earth moves and describes what patterns can be identified and how prepared (o
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…the next big earthquake. Seismic retrofitting wasn't a thing here until pretty recently. I've been reading a book about the Cascadia fault that is fascinating and terrifying: https://www.amazon.com/Full-Rip-9-0-Earthquake-Pacific-North...
on “It’s the End of California as We Know It” ↗A great book for those interested in this subject is Full-Rip 9.0: The Next Big Earthquake in the Pacific Northwest by Sandi Doughton.
on “The Earthquake That Will Devastate the Pacific Northwest (2015)” ↗