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San Andreas, Cascadia faults could combine to produce back-to-back earthquake disasters, new research suggests

They are two of the West Coast's most destructive generators of huge earthquakes: the San Andreas fault in California and the Cascadia subduction zone offshore of California's North Coast, Oregon, ...
KOIN 6

Study reveals potential for devastating West Coast earthquakes to strike simultaneously

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregonians have long known that a major earthquake could devastate the region in the next 50 years, but a new study suggests the impact could have implications for the entire ...
The New York Times

One ‘Really Big One’ After Another

The disaster caused by a predicted large earthquake in the Pacific Northwest could be compounded by shaking along the San Andreas fault in California, scientists warned. By Sarah Scoles In the world’s ...
OPB

Cascadia earthquake could trigger seismic activity on San Andreas Fault, OSU study suggests

The threat of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone has hung over the Pacific Northwest for decades. Seismologists and emergency managers say “The Big One” could be one of the ...