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Researchers are raising alarms over the possibility of a catastrophic Megatsunami striking the US Pacific Coast, triggered by a powerful earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ). This fault system, stretching about 600 miles from Northern California to Vancouver Island, stores immense tectonic pressure as the Juan de Fuca Plate slowly subducts beneath the North American Plate.
A study led by geoscientist Tina Dura from Virginia Tech estimates a 15% probability of a magnitude 8.0 or larger earthquake occurring along the CSZ within the next half-century. Their findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academ...