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Catastrophic earthquake and tsunami will one day hit Pacific Northwest, scientists say
Anchorage Daily News· 1 day agoAlong this fraught stretch, called the Cascadia subduction zone, two pieces of the Earth’s crust...
‘This is a big deal’: New technology will alert Pacific Northwest of the next major earthquake
KOIN via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAs the west coast awaits the next massive Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake, researchers have...
How Aflac CEO Dan Amos turned an insurance company into an international household name
Yahoo Finance· 3 days agoThere’s also the geographical risk of relying on Japan for the lion’s share of Aflac’s revenue. Amos...
California earthquake warning system gets upgrade for the "Big One"
Newsweek· 3 days agoPeople living in California will get more timely and accurate alerts about mega earthquakes with a...
Faster alerts for California megaquakes: Early-warning system gets major upgrade
LA Times via AOL· 4 days agoAn upgrade to California's earthquake early-warning system using GPS data will allow more timely...
West Coast’s ShakeAlert System gets major upgrade before next big earthquake
Fox Weather via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe U.S. Geological Survey says in addition to over 1500 seismic sensors that detect ground...
Shareholder Votes in Focus as Big Japan Banks Sell Toyota Shares
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 1 day ago(Bloomberg) -- Voting at shareholder meetings in Japan may become more consequential if the decision...
Japan's poor seaweed harvest drives up prices, hits restaurants
Nikkei Asian Review· 19 hours agoSushi nori and other staples hit hard by rising sea temperatures
‘ShakeAlert’ earthquake early-warning system gets major upgrade
KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland· 2 days agoThe earthquake early-warning system on the West Coast got a big upgrade recently. ShakeAlert, the...
Cascadia Subduction Zone, One of Earth’s Top Hazards, Comes Into Sharper Focus
Columbia University News· 21 hours agoOff the coasts of southern British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and northern California lies a 600 mile-long strip where the Pacific Ocean floor is slowly diving eastward ...