Earth Sciences The Really Big One

[MadamSarcastra]

My father has been doing some amateur but diligent research regarding an article in The New Yorker magazine, from July 20th of last year. Fascinating and frightening stuff.

Here's the article link: The Earthquake That Will Devastate the Pacific Northwest


This is one hell of a detective story by Kathryn Schulz... except, unfortunately for us, it's non-fiction. I'll start another thread regarding the Yellowstone caldera soon....

 

[MadamSarcastra]

And here's a little more on that subduction zone, with visual aids! Victoria-Earthquakes

 

[Second Summer]

And I thought the California / San Andreas fault line was the worst earthquake disaster waiting to happen to North America! This makes Portland sound a bit less attractive, I have to say!

 

[Tom L.]

Scary. I knew about the Yellowstone Caldera and about the general seismically-active area known as the Ring Of Fire, but didn't know about this subduction zone in the Northwest.

This gives me something else to worry about, in addition to what could happen of a strong solar flare or high-altitude nuclear explosion could do to the electrical power grid...

 

[shyvas]

And I thought the California / San Andreas fault line was the worst earthquake disaster waiting to happen to North America! This makes Portland sound a bit less attractive, I have to say!

Have you seen the film San Andreas ? It is really quite scary.

 

[teacup]

how small are we in the scale of the universe?

 

[MadamSarcastra]

NASA Has a $3.46 Billion Plan to Ensure the Yellowstone Supervolcano Doesn’t Erupt

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Yellowstone Supervolcano May Erupt Sooner Than Anticipated — NOVA Next | PBS