This inevitability demands that we better prepare ourselves and our cities for the Big One.’ Cascadia’s Fault is a captivating read that gives readers a sense of the excitement of scientific discovery and the importance of science to society.” John Clague, Directore, Centre for Natural Hazard Research, Simon Fraser University The Cascadian Subduction Zone is armed and dangerous an earthquake comparable to, or even larger than, the great earthquake in Japan in March 2011, is inevitable. geologists and geophysicists that led to the important discovery that the Pacific Northwest experiences some of the largest earthquakes on Earth giant subduction zone earthquakes. Writer and director Jerry Thompson describes the brilliant scientific research conducted by Canadian and U.S. 'A level-headed look at a potentially devastating natural disaster. In Cascadia’s Fault: The Coming Earthquake and Tsunami That Could Devastate North America, Thompson has written a very readable tale of how plate tectonics and earthquake science works, and what we need to know if we insist on being Left Coasters.' Sacramento News & Review 'Reporter Jerry Thompson puts the history of subduction earthquakes and the resultant tsunamis into clear perspective. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. In light of recent massive quakes in Haiti, Chile, Mexico - and Japan - Cascadia's Fault not only tells the story of this potentially devastating earthquake and the tsunamis it will spawn, it also warns us about an impending crisis almost unprecedented in modern history. Slamming into Sacramento, Portland, Seattle, Victoria, and Vancouver, it will send tidal waves to the shores of Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, damaging the economies of the Pacific Rim countries and their trading partners for years to come. It will generate the same earthquake we saw in Sumatra, at magnitude nine or higher, sending crippling shockwaves across a far wider area than any California quake. The Cascadia Subduction Zone is virtually identical to the offshore fault that wrecked Sumatra in 2004. It could happen 200 years from now, or it could be tonight. And the monster is due to return at any time. This fault generates a monster earthquake about every 500 years. The Cascadia Subduction Zone has generated massive earthquakes over and over again throughout geologic time-at least thirty-six major events in the last 10,000 years.

There is a crack in the earth's crust that runs roughly 31 miles offshore, approximately 683 miles from Northern California up through Vancouver Island off the coast of British Columbia. Includes a new Afterword by the author on the 2011 Japan Earthquake, the lessons learned, and the parallel threat to North America. A new study just published by the US Geological Survey confirms and underlines many of the issued raised in the first edition of Cascadia's Fault.

Cascadia's Fault by Jerry Thompson