Pacific NW Earthquakes

The Discovery Channel has posted a video discussing the probability of a megaquake in the Pacific Northwest within the next 50 years. This underscores the importance of being ready for such an event.

This video includes the DOT’s simulation of what could happen to the Alaskan Way Viaduct in a 7.0 earthquake. That part of Seattle is in a liquefaction zone, so I’m not sure why that city wants to bore a tunnel through there as a solution…

http://news.discovery.com/videos/earth-pacific-northwest-megaquake-imminent.html

Here are some of my favorite earthquake-related links.

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Interactive earthquake maps:

http://www.ess.washington.edu/recenteqs/latest.htm

http://www.pnsn.org/req2/

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/

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Information and preparedness links:

http://www.pnsn.org/HAZARDS/CASCADIA/cascadia_zone.html

http://www.emd.wa.gov/hazards/haz_earthquakes.shtml

http://www.doh.wa.gov/phepr/handbook/earthquake.htm

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/richter.php

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Tsunamis:

http://news.discovery.com/earth/tsunami-evacuation-pacific-northwest.html

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/

http://www.pnsn.org/HAZARDS/CASCADIA/cascadia_event.html

http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=5098

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Volcanoes:

Washington has five active volcanoes, Glacier Peak, Mt. Rainier, Mt. Adams, Mt. St. Helens, and Mount Baker. Here’s some interesting links on those.

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Cascades/ImageMaps/CascadeRange/cascade_range.html

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Washington/framework.html

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/

http://news.discovery.com/videos/earth-mt-rainier-faces-grim-future.html

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Pet emergency preparedness:

http://www.ready.gov/america/getakit/pets.html

http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/disaster-preparedness/

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These sites have a wealth of information and useful tools on them. Browse around them to find more good stuff!

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