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NW fault "ominously quiet" - Magical Realist - Dec 12, 2014
Posted: Dec 03, 2014 10:31 AM PST
Updated: Dec 03, 2014 10:31 AM PST
by Cory Howard, Executive Producer Interactive, KHQ.comCONNECT
TACOMA, Wash. -
"Seismic experts say it's been ominously quiet along the fault line off the Northwest coast where the "big one" earthquake could break loose.
Seismometers have detected little grinding and slipping in recent years on the Cascadia Subduction Zone.
University of Oregon Geophysics Professor Doug Toomey tells Northwest Public Radio that could indicate the tectonic plates are locked or stuck.
That means it could be storing energy that could be unleashed in a possible magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami.
That last full rip of the Cascadia Subduction Zone was in 1700. Geologists expect a recurrence every 400 to 600 years."====http://www.kfbb.com/story/27538605/eerie-quiet-at-nw-fault-where-big-one-may-shake