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Twin faults in the Pacific Northwest may be connected to produce a 'mega-earthquake'

A mega-earthquake might be triggered by two volatile faults, striking in unison, with one quake nudging the other into ...
The Canby Current

Cascadia Quake Could Trigger San Andreas, Raising Risk of West Coast Megaquake

A new geological study suggests that a major earthquake in the Cascadia Subduction Zone could set off simultaneous shaking ...

The San Andreas and Cascadia Earthquake Faults May Be Linked

The West Coast of North America is a geologically tumultuous zone where tectonic plates collide, subducting under and ...
San Francisco Chronicle on MSN

Cascadia fault megaquake was the worst-case scenario. Scientists just found an even bigger problem

A megaquake in the Pacific Northwest could trigger a large earthquake along California's San Andreas Fault, creating an ...

Cascadia megathrust earthquake could trigger San Andreas fault

When the tectonic subduction zone beneath the Pacific Northwest moves, it does so in dramatic fashion. Not only is ground shaking from a magnitude 9+ earthquake incredibly destructive, the event ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel on MSN

San Andreas, Cascadia faults could combine to set off huge double earthquake, new study finds

Scientists from Oregon State University studying sediment layers in the Pacific Ocean have discovered that two of the most ...

West Coast’s two monster faults could trigger back-to-back earthquakes, new research suggests

New research offers the theory that the San Andreas fault and the Cascadia subduction zone could produce devastating ...
Janesville Gazette

The next ‘Big One’ on the San Andreas fault might not be the earthquake we expect, researchers say

LOS ANGELES — What could the next mega-earthquake on California’s notorious San Andreas fault look like? Would it be a repeat of 1857, when an earthquake estimated at magnitude 7.7 to 7.9 ruptured the ...

Super-intense earthquakes more prevalent, some scientists say. Does it heighten San Andreas risk?

Supershear earthquakes are more common than previously believed, some scientists say — carrying potentially profound risk for communities across California.

San Andreas, Cascadia faults could produce back-to-back earthquake disasters, research suggests

They are two of the West Coast's most destructive generators of huge quakes: the San Andreas fault and the Cascadia ...
ABC7

Massive earthquake on San Andreas Fault could lead to larger quakes: USC study

PASADENA, Calif. (KABC) -- An earthquake on the San Andreas Fault could trigger bigger earthquakes on other faults, according to a newly released study by the University of Southern California. James ...