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Oregon’s 37% Cascadia figure is a model of southern-zone earthquake risk

Oregon emergency officials cite about a 37% chance of a Cascadia megathrust earthquake of magnitude 7.1 or greater in the fault zone over the next 50 years. The number is a long-term scientific risk ...
Morning Overview on MSN

The Cascadia fault could unleash a magnitude 9 quake with up to a 37% chance in 50 years

At around 9 p.m. on January 26, 1700, the Cascadia subduction zone ruptured along nearly its full length off the Pacific Northwest coast, producing a magnitude 9 earthquake and a tsunami that crossed ...

Scientists Say the West Coast’s Worst-Case Earthquake Isn’t the One Everybody Has Been Fearing

Cascadia’s rupture may jolt the San Andreas, creating the worst natural disaster in U.S. history. Here’s what you’ll learn ...
Yahoo

Mega-Tsunami Threat Looms as Cascadia Fault Builds Toward 9.0 Quake, Experts Warn

It's not a matter of if, but when. The big one, so to speak, is coming. And according to recent study from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, there's a 15% chance of a rupture in the ...

Could two of North America’s most dangerous faults be connected? Scientists find a strange earthquake clue

Scientists studying 3,100 years of seafloor sediments found clues that earthquakes on the Cascadia and San Andreas faults may ...
Insurance Business America

Parametric won't replace traditional cover after a Cascadia quake, but it pays faster

Swiss Re's James Gasco says the businesses that recover fastest after a disaster aren't the ones with the most coverage – ...