Cascadia Quake Potentially More Damaging than San Andreas or Japan’s Tōhoku
March 11, 2012
In “Quake catastrophe like Japan's could hit Pacific Northwest, new data show” M. Alex Johnson of msnbc.com also reports on last month’s reports at the American Association for the Advancement of Science – noting that the Cascadia quake has numerous parallels with Japan’s Tōhoku disaster one year ago.
15% Chance of Local Cascadia Quake & Tsunami in Next 50-60 Years
March 11, 2012
According to Bill Steele, the public is woefully unprepared for a certain disaster: we just don’t know when. Mr. Steele is Seismology Lab Coordinator for the Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network (PNSN) at the University of Washington Department of Earth and Space Sciences where he has worked since 1993.
2011 Great California ShakeOut Earthquake Drill Interrupted by Real Quakes
October 21, 2011
It is not too surprising that it would happen somewhere in California in any given day, but yesterday’s 2011 Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill was punctuated with a few minor quakes yesterday around the Berkeley area. No injuries and only minor damage was reported.
California's 'Big One' could be a flood
January 14, 2011
California has more risk of catastrophic storms than any other region in the country – even the Southern hurricane states, according to a new study released Thursday.
