Cascadia earthquake tsunami threat may not be quite as bad as we thought (but it’s still bad)

Cascadia earthquake tsunami threat may not be quite as bad as we thought (but it’s still bad)

EMBED YOUTUBE SHORT HEREJust off the coast of the Pacific Northwest is the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a complex collection of earthquake faults created by one tectonic plate pushing its way under another. Every 400-600 years, it triggers a massive earthquake. When the next one hits, damage to the region will be extensive. But now new evidence suggests current estimates about tsunami size and how quickly waves make it to shore may be too high and …