Pacific Northwest May Be at Most Risk of the ‘Big One’ Because of Seafloor Sediments
November 28, 2017
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The next big earthquake is due in the Pacific Northwest—but now scientists have pinpointed where along the coast a large earthquake is most likely to happen, according to a study published Monday.
“We observed very compact sediments offshore of Washington and northern Oregon that could support earthquake rupture over a long distance and close to the trench, which increases both earthquake and tsunami hazards,” lead author of the study Shuoshuo Han, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, said in a statement.
Newsweek, Nov.21, 2017
Phys.org, Nov.20, 2017
The Daily Mail, Nov.20, 2017
International Business Times, Nov.20, 2017
Live Science, Nov.27, 2017
Featuring: Shuoshuo Han, postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences
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