Link Between Cascadia and San Andreas Fault Earthquakes Discovered 30 Years After Lost Vessel Stumbled Across Key Data

Cascadia quake may create ’emergency situation’ in other West Coast fault zone, study warns

Construction workers and vehicles move around the Capitol. The building's retrofitting project came before a recent study which found heightened risk of increasingly damaging earthquakes on the nation's West Coast. (Photo by Julia Shumway/Oregon Capital Chronicle)The so-called “Big One” or Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake expected to trigger disruptive quakes throughout the West Coast could cause more damage than previously estimated if it se…

Link between Cascadia and San Andreas Fault earthquakes discovered 30 years after lost vessel stumbled across key data

Geological records hint that earthquakes at the Cascadia subduction zone might trigger the San Andreas Fault.

OSU marine geologist says the expected Cascadia subduction quake could also trigger San Andreas fault event • Lincoln Chronicle

A Cascadia subduction zone earthquake is coming for the Pacific Northwest, and when it hits scientists now believe it could cause the San Andreas fault in California to go off. The post OSU marine geologist says the expected Cascadia subduction quake could also trigger San Andreas fault event appeared first on Lincoln Chronicle.