Pacific Northwest quake overdue, sediments show

Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 09:50 in Earth & Climate

A new 6,500-year record of megathrust earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest pieced together from lost coastal marshes and offshore sediments is providing the clearest picture yet of the quake and tsunami dangers for along the 750-mile long Cascadia subduction zone from Northern California to British Columbia.

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