As California continues to battle wildfires in Los Angeles, experts are warning that the Pacific Northwest is at risk of a massive earthquake that could trigger a tsunami. The Cascadia subduction zone, a fault line that sits right on the Ring of Fire that rims the Pacific Ocean, is believed to be the epicenter of the quake.
“It’ll spread from Canada to California over 800 miles,” Oregon State University paleoseismologist Chris Goldfinger, a leading expert, told CBN News.
He noted that this fault line was largely unknown to the public and that construction all around the Pacific Northwest was made without taking giant earthquakes into account.
“The whole Pacific Northwest is very, very fragile. Essentially, our cities are turn-of-the-century cities built on a time bomb,” he warned.
Meanwhile, Fema’s regional planner warned of deadly consequences if a 9.0 magnitude earthquake from the Cascadia fault line or higher would strike Seattle.
“When the skyscrapers start swaying…well, a lot of them are designed to have their windows pop out,” said Matt Caesar at the region’s FEMA headquarters in Bothell, Washington.
“There’ll be three feet of broken glass on…
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