Cascadia Subduction Zone AG

A recent voyage got up close and personal with an underwater fault that could reshape life in the Pacific Northwest.
Anne Trehu, a Professor Emeritus who worked at Oregon State University says "There have been prior experiments looking at elements of the subduction zone, smaller areas with higher resolution since the mid-1980s, but this was the first experiment with the same kind of data system that got data along almost the whole subduction zone."
Trehu is a seismologist who has studied the Cascadia Subduction Zone for years.
In 2021, a research vessel went from Vancouver Island to the Oregon-California border to gather data.
"The hopes were to define what the subsurface structure is and with current technology, there were very few profiles acquired with state-of-the-art technology," she says.
Both students and professors gathered data from land and sea during this voyage.
Data showed this fault zone is not one continuous structure, but four separate segments.
Trehu says, "Fascinating data set and this is the first paper to come from it and the first step in the analysis. From a scientific point of view, there are a number of big questions that will be answered."
She hopes the new data will help determine how a Cascadia Subduction Zone quake could impact the Pacific Northwest, and what can be done to plan for it.
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[@sanniwartinen3595]

This report said nothing.

[@therussmccurdy2602]

I found better information about this from CBC News in Canada. You really have to do better.

[@msmoe8687]

Thank goodness we have bureaucrats to tell us exactly what nature will and won't do. 🙄

[@jimk8520]

How is it that I found out about this update a whole week ago from a national source when it happened locally?

[@SyrinaKlang-du2th]

Not if.. but when this fault line goes off it will trigger a chain reaction an awaken our sleeping but yet very active Valcanoes here as well. Then our BIG almost 100 yr old very fragile Rimrock Dam will break an cause even more devastation! We have been VERY fortunate to not have to deal with much natural disasters... so it's All gonna pour at once... just be vigilant an hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

[@Azazel2024]

The 1700 earthquake had 300 ft tidal inflow. So a huge tidal wave. They didn't mention. That will happen again. This is just bs to weasel $ out of people they do NOT understand this by they I mean bureaucracy

[@maineiacts]

Wait!!???? Joe??? JoeBrandon???? I didn't know you were a Siesmologist!!! This is truly Groundbreaking Newscast!! OMG!🙄😂
Better luck next time? 5 W's....

[@donniesavage2051]

Exactly this report said nothing just more big taxpayers money and grants

[@PeterHalstead]

Yupper!

[@johnnyboyvan]

Big deal!

[@protow5041]

youtube AI did better than this report

[@dave9351]

Data ?