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| Why No One is Freaking Out About the Looming Massive Earthquake Threat in the Pacific Northwest
"When it comes again, the earthquake will be magnitude 8.0 or higher, which means the ground will warp and shudder for at least two minutes. That would be considered "the Big One." However, it's possible for the entire Cascadia Zone to rupture, turning this earthquake into a disaster movie-level catastrophe." by Manasee Wagh via Popular Mechanics For many people, natural disasters inspire both fascination and fear. They're a sign of nature's power to not only create, but also destroy. At the same time, they're a reminder of the human potential for ingenuity when it comes to protecting ourselves from the forces we cannot control. In this case, there are two opposing forces: the North American Plate, an enormous tectonic plate that carries the entire continental United States on its back, versus the 90,000-square-mile Juan de Fuca Plate, located in the ocean off Washington, Oregon, and Northern California. For the past 200 million years, these two have been squaring off in an epic