/tags/cascadia-subduction-zone Cascadia Subduction Zone en-US Copyright Fri, 06 May 2022 23:09:35 GMT /disasters-and-accidents/2022-05-06/rehearsing-for-the-big-one-on-a-room-sized-chess-board Close to 200 federal, state and tribal emergency preparedness planners gathered around a giant map of the Pacific Northwest this week to rehearse and critique the federal response plan for "The Big One." Fri, 06 May 2022 23:09:35 GMT /disasters-and-accidents/2022-05-06/rehearsing-for-the-big-one-on-a-room-sized-chess-board Tom Banse /disasters-and-accidents/2022-01-26/on-this-day-322-years-ago-the-northwest-was-rocked-by-the-most-recent-big-one Oral traditions of people native to the Pacific Northwest and lots of scientific data point clearly to a major earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone in 1700, and another one is looming. Wed, 26 Jan 2022 21:54:17 GMT /disasters-and-accidents/2022-01-26/on-this-day-322-years-ago-the-northwest-was-rocked-by-the-most-recent-big-one Tullan Spitz /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-01-14/observing-not-celebrating-a-cascadia-anniversary An ominous anniversary looms at the end of the month: the 316th anniversary of the last major Cascadia earthquake (January 26th). On average, the Cascadia… Thu, 14 Jan 2016 18:34:28 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-01-14/observing-not-celebrating-a-cascadia-anniversary Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-07-23/cascadia-quake-concerns-turn-up-a-notch People on the West Coast have been talking for years about the pending earthquake in the Cascadia Subduction Zone.It took ONE article in the New Yorker to… Thu, 23 Jul 2015 18:10:03 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-07-23/cascadia-quake-concerns-turn-up-a-notch Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-02-02/cascadia-quakes-past-and-future It's not an anniversary anybody celebrated, and it certainly is not one anyone wants to re-enact. But January 26th marked 315 years to the day since the… Mon, 02 Feb 2015 18:10:10 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-02-02/cascadia-quakes-past-and-future Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2013-09-16/oregon-emergency-managers-take-earthquake-trip What's in your earthquake kit?The answer to that question is often "uh, I don't have one yet." Which is why Oregon's Office of Emergency Management is… Mon, 16 Sep 2013 21:13:13 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2013-09-16/oregon-emergency-managers-take-earthquake-trip Geoffrey Riley