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New study suggests major PNW earthquake could make ground sink up to 6 feet
A Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake could cause long-lasting changes to Washington’s landscape, coastline and floodplain, a ...
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A Cascadia subduction zone earthquake could increase West Coast flood risk, study finds
A major earthquake waiting to strike the Cascadia Subduction Zone isn’t the only natural disaster looming in the Pacific ...
New California Earthquake Risk Raised by Scientists
A new study warns that a megathrust earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone could cause coastal land to sink ...
Monster earthquake could sink swath of California, dramatically heightening flood risk, study says
A long-feared monster earthquake off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington could cause some areas to sink by more ...
If the ‘Big One’ earthquake hits the West Coast it’s gonna sink the land, experts warn
The next major Pacific Northwest earthquake could cause coastal land to sink by up to 6.5 feet in a matter of minutes — and ...
Countdown to Catastrophe: The Quake That Could Sink and Flood the Pacific Northwest
A future Cascadia earthquake could unleash far more than just devastating shaking — it could sink large parts of the Pacific ...
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Long-term impacts of next Cascadia subduction zone earthquake could be even worse than feared
When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five ...
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Environment ‘Big One’ coupled with rising ocean could leave many in Northwest living in flood zones, study finds
If the once-every-500-year Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake doesn’t do enough damage to the coastal Northwest on its own, frequent and widespread flooding from rising seas that follows will take ca ...
'Ground would sink': New research on big earthquake shows how bad it would be at the coast
An earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone could cause parts of the coast to sink several feet, creating ongoing ...
Scientists warn of triple threat, say massive earthquake can drown parts of US
Sea water levels are already rising because of climate change. A big earthquake will cause them to go up even more, besides ...
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Monster earthquake could sink swath of California, dramatically heightening flood risk, study says
assistant professor of geosciences at Virginia Tech and the study’s lead author, said in an interview. One estimate published by FEMA is that a magnitude 9 earthquake along the full length of ...