Not just the Cascadian Fault

The Heretic · Sep 28, 2023

Tree rings reveal a new kind of earthquake threat to the Pacific Northwest

In February, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook the Turkey-Syria border, followed by one nearly as large nine hours later. Shallow faults less than 18 miles beneath the surface buckled and ruptured, causing violent focused quakes that leveled thousands of buildings and killed tens of thousands.

phys.org

156256Hunter · Sep 28, 2023

Thanks for starting off the day with this.... How about a happy puppy dog meme?

Camelfilter · Sep 28, 2023

"...Luckily, he said, the bigger and more severe the quake, the less frequent it is. So, while quakes of this size would be devastating to the region, they are relatively uncommon."

Phew. That was close. No worries then, back to the bongo drum circle...

Alexx1401 · Sep 28, 2023

Interesting read but, my take away was same as always. "Some day" we are going to get a good one here. May well be long after I am gone and basically nothing I can really do other than prep. Which I have LONG done. Of course if the home falls down we will be in the same spot as the rest but not losing sleep over it. Having the extra stuff on hand has paid off a couple times too.