Odds are about 1-in-3 that mega-earthquake will hit Pacific Northwest in next 50 years, scientists say
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 25 May, 2010
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The major earthquakes that devastated Chile earlier this year and which triggered the catastrophic Indonesian tsunami of 2004 are more than just a distinct possibility to strike the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States, scientists say. There is more than a one-in-three chance that it will happen within the next 50 years....