https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/08/the-west-coast-is-at-risk-new-megathrust-fault-research-indicates-that-the-next-big-earthquake-could-be-imminent Safeguarding Humanity Fri, 22 Nov 2024 08:12:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/08/the-west-coast-is-at-risk-new-megathrust-fault-research-indicates-that-the-next-big-earthquake-could-be-imminent#comment-519374 Fri, 22 Nov 2024 08:12:26 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/08/the-west-coast-is-at-risk-new-megathrust-fault-research-indicates-that-the-next-big-earthquake-could-be-imminent#comment-519374 Governments and communities in both the United States and Canada are developing early warning systems, such as ShakeAlert in California, Oregon, and Washington.

]]> https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/08/the-west-coast-is-at-risk-new-megathrust-fault-research-indicates-that-the-next-big-earthquake-could-be-imminent#comment-514344 Thu, 29 Aug 2024 18:00:29 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/08/the-west-coast-is-at-risk-new-megathrust-fault-research-indicates-that-the-next-big-earthquake-could-be-imminent#comment-514344 Subduction? Nah. The earth’s crust is expanding and contracting all the time! The mid Atlantic ridge experiences mild earthquakes all the time as it expands and contracts. In fact, the volcanic activity in Iceland is the result of the long fissure opening up that is part of it.

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