CASCADIA'S FAULT: Oregon Emergency Management asks: Are we ready for The Big One?

Interesting Facts from the Fault Line

* On average, the southern end of the fault generates an earthquake every 240 years.

* The last quake that ripped the entire 800 miles of the fault happened 311 years ago.

* Cascadia’s Fault is virtually identical to the one in Sumatra that killed 230,000 people.

* When Cascadia rips apart from end-to-end, the quake will be magnitude 9 or higher.

* A magnitude 9 on Cascadia will be like five Hurricane Katrina’s on the same day.

* A tsunami generated by Cascadia’s quake could reach 30 to 100 feet in height.

* Cascadia’s waves will cross the Pacific causing damage as far away as Asia and Australia.

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Oregon Emergency Management asks: Are we ready for The Big One?