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Researchers get clearest picture yet of bug threatening Pacific Northwest

A silent giant lurks on the Pacific coast, threatening hundreds of kilometers of coastline with tsunamis and devastating earthquakes. For decades, scientists have been warning about the potential of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a megathrust fault that runs along the coast from North Vancouver Island to California’s Cape Mendocino. The next time the fault —… Read More »