B.C. to reel in next megathrust earthquake, study says
Posted by JAC on 7/28/2011, 8:03 am
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-to-reel-in-next-megathrust-earthquake-study-says/article2112283/


The fault line where tectonic plates are colliding in the Pacific Northwest is much deeper than previously thought, which could mean the Olympic Peninsula will be hit hard when a megathrust earthquake next occurs on the West Coast, a new study suggests.

A team of Canadian and U.S. scientists, led by Andrew Calvert, a professor in Earth Sciences at British Columbia's Simon Fraser University, made the discovery by pouring through data collected by a research project known as SHIPS, for Seismic Hazards Investigations in Puget Sound, which since 1998 has been examining earthquake dangers in the region.


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