Scientists map source of Northwest’s next big quake

Tuesday, November 3, 2015 - 11:30 in Earth & Climate

A large team of scientists has nearly completed the first map of the mantle under the tectonic plate that is colliding with the Pacific Northwest and putting Seattle, Portland and Vancouver at risk of the largest earthquakes and tsunamis in the world. A new report from five members of the mapping team describes how the […]

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