MAINSTREAM MEDIA: ‘Really Big’ Earthquake Is Coming, Striking 7 Million People in the Worst Natural Disaster in North American History
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The
last time the Juan de Fuca oceanic plate jolted under the North
American plate, unleashing a 9.0 earthquake, was in 1700. With the event
scheduled to happen once every 500 years or so, we are due for another
any day now. Although it's not clear what will happen when this mega
quake does hit, researchers at the University of Washington recently
presented 50 possible scenarios of how the event might unfold.
Earthquakes
are typically measured using the Richter scale, named after the
geologist who invented it in the 1930s. The scale is numbered from 0-10,
although no magnitude 10 earthquake has ever been observed, making a
9.0 one of the most powerful quakes in recorded history. The predicted
earthquake, dubbed the “Really Big One,” will take place where the Juan
de Fuca and North American plates meet along Cascadia subduction zone,
just north of the San Andreas fault line. The earthquake would affect
those living in coastal Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and
Northern California, and a 2015 New Yorker article predicted the quake and its subsequent tsunami could affect 7 million people.
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There’s no saying exactly how this quake will strike exactly. Geologists typically use past earthquakes to predict future ones,
but no recording devices were around to take data on the 1700 Cascadia
earthquake. The researchers at the University of Washington hope to
address this problem.
The team presented both best- and worst-case scenarios of a potential 9.0 earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone at the Geological Society of America's annual meeting
on October 24. Their 50 simulations use different factor combinations,
such as where the epicenter may be, how far inland the earthquake would
travel, and where along the fault the shaking would be the strongest.
They were run on supercomputers at the Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory and the University of Texas, Austin. Although other reports
have looked into possible scenarios of this predicted earthquake, this
is the most in-depth scenario prediction to date, The Independent reported.
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“With
just a few simulations you didn’t know if you were seeing a best-case, a
worst-case or an average scenario,” explained lead study researcher
Erin Wirth in a recent statement. “This project has really allowed us to be more confident in saying that we’re seeing the full range of possibilities.”
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Some
of the report’s predictions include that the quake will be less severe
in Seattle if the epicenter were beneath the tip of northwest
Washington, although the sediment grounds in Seattle would cause it to
shake more than areas on hard rocky mountaintops. Shaking in Seattle
could last as long as 100 seconds. The simulations also predict that
coastal areas would be hit the hardest.
Although
all science suggests that the Really Big One will occur, and that this
will likely be sooner than later, there really isn’t a need for panic.
These simulations are just one part of a huge collaborative project
known as the M9 Project. Created at the University of Washington, this
project aims to develop ways to better predict an earthquake as soon as
possible to give people ample time to seek safety. Oral history of
Native American tribes living on the Pacific West Coast in 1700 describe
entire tribes being swept away with post-earthquake tsunamis, but 500
years of geological and technological advancements point to the next
quake being far less devastating.
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I always though the Juan De Fuca Fault had a frequency of every 300 years, not 500 years and that means 1700 + 300 = year 2000, overdue.
ReplyDeleteI THINK THERE ARE ALOT OF BIG QUAKES OVERDUE:)
DeleteYep
ReplyDeleteThe Earth is coming into alignment with the Black Star around Thanksgiving. This will input a lot of electro-magnetic energy into the Earth's core which has already been overheated due to past alignments with the Black Star. If the magma reaches the Cascadia area due to this heating around Thanksgiving, then such a quake could occur. If so, a lot of people are going to die. We will soon see. Clint
ReplyDeleteVAST EARTH CHANGES COMING
DeleteWhat is with this continued scare mongering? They have no friggin idea when, but, but, but, you must be scared if their prognostications are supposedly correct and worthy of the money these idiots make.
ReplyDeleteCome on my friends, don't buy into this BS. If it is going to happen, there is nothing any of us can do about it, either personally or governmentally. So, scaring the"S" out everyone who cannot do anything about a coming disaster is no more than pure scare mongering. A-Holes !!!
SPOKEN LIKE A TROLL LOL
DeleteScare Tactics? Nothing we can do? How about preparing by stocking food and water. Some people might own another home in a safer region and decide to spend a month there.
ReplyDeleteTo take the attitude you express is to be a victim.
he was a troll...
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