America’s Most Dangerous Fault Is Hiding Something Beneath the Pacific Northwest

Beneath the Pacific Northwest lies one of the most dangerous fault systems in North America.

New imaging shows the Cascadia Subduction Zone is far more complex than a single clean slab. Parts of the Juan de Fuca plate appear fractured, the fault near Oregon may be shallower than previously thought, and hidden sedimentary basins could amplify shaking in unexpected ways.

In this DiscoverTube investigation, we look at the latest research, new seismic monitoring, tsunami warning systems and what scientists are learning about how a future Cascadia megathrust earthquake could actually behave.

The risk is not new.

But the picture beneath the coast is becoming much clearer.

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