Researchers examine the rings of drowned trees in landslide-dammed lakes for clues to today’s earthquake hazards in the Pacific Northwest.
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Constraining Central Washington’s Potential Seismic Hazard
Fault geometry and slip rate analyses show deformation in the Yakima Fold Province accelerated in the Pleistocene and has remained elevated, offering new insights into earthquake recurrence intervals.
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Revising an Innovative Way to Study Cascadia Megaquakes
Researchers probe natural environments near subduction zones to decrypt underlying mechanisms of major earthquakes.
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Assessing Earthquake Risks in the Pacific Northwest
While megaquakes occasionally occur along the Cascadia margin, smaller but more frequent crustal earthquakes are a more immediate threat, according to a natural hazards expert.