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New data on ‘the Big One’ offers a clearer view of inevitable earthquake catastrophe
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoOn January 26, 1700, a tsunami struck Japan. We know this from written records describing the...
Scientists map one of Earth’s top hazards in the Pacific Northwest
Washington Post· 3 hours agoBecause scientists don’t know when that day will arrive, they prepare...better understand the...
'The difference between alarming and catastrophic': Cascadia megafault has 1 especially deadly...
LiveScience· 3 hours ago"It requires a lot more study, but for places like Tacoma and Seattle, it could mean the difference between alarming and catastrophic," study co-author Harold Tobin, a geophysicist at the University ...
‘This is a big deal’: New technology will alert Pacific Northwest of the next major earthquake
KOIN via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoAs the west coast awaits the next massive Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake, researchers have...
At End of Trump Tax Cuts, Progressives See Leverage to Target the Rich
The Wall Street Journal· 7 hours agoPOLITICS AND POLICY WASHINGTON—Huge pieces of Republicans’ 2017 tax law are scheduled to lapse after...
West Coast’s ShakeAlert System gets major upgrade before next big earthquake
Fox Weather via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoThe U.S. Geological Survey says in addition to over 1500 seismic sensors that detect ground...
ShakeAlert earthquake warning system now uses GPS data to determine magnitude
ABC7 News· 2 days agoNew developments that just might make a difference for you in the next major earthquake. On...
Faster alerts for California megaquakes: Early-warning system gets major upgrade
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAn upgrade to California's earthquake early-warning system using GPS data will allow more timely...
‘ShakeAlert’ earthquake early-warning system gets major upgrade
KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland· 23 hours agoThe earthquake early-warning system on the West Coast got a big upgrade recently. ShakeAlert, the...
Cascadia Subduction Zone's subterranean structure revealed
Cosmos· 3 hours agoNew data covering the Cascadia subduction zone – a megathrust fault, which are capable of generating...