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“Full Rip 9.0″ Uncovers the Northwest’s Earthquake Dangers

Arne Christensen — Fri, 31 May 2013 19:01:01 +0000

Doughton's story focuses on the geological record and its implications for the Northwest. Does the region face an offshore mega-quake and tsunami on the scale of Japan's 3/11/11 event that will kill thousands and devastate the economy, or a series of magnitude 8 offshore quake and tsunami events that will cumulatively be nearly as devastating?

The Pacific Northwest Has Got the “Tiny Quake” Shakes

Michael van Baker — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:20:08 +0000

This week has been especially active in Western Washington, with six quakes Tuesday, fourteen Wednesday, and eleven on Thursday. To date, our portion of the Pacific Rim's Ring of Fire is merely feeling peptic: Some of these quakes are truly tiny, 0.2 and 0.4 magnitude on the Richter scale. But a 2.4 hit near Woodburn, Oregon, a little after 5 a.m. this morning.

British Columbia Coal is Blowin’ Up!

Michael van Baker — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:35:05 +0000

But what were those little stars up near the Washington-British Columbia border? I checked the map's key. "Explosions"? Curious, I started clicking around to see if we were under unannounced invasion, and discovered PNSN was already on it.