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Cascadia subduction zone

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Illustration looking at an angle along a section of coastline to show the underground features along an active fault zone.
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The Cascadia Subduction Zone, located in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and southwestern British Columbia has hosted magnitude ≥8.0 megathrust earthquakes in the geologic past; a future earthquake is imminent, and the potential impacts could cripple the region. Subduction zone earthquakes represent some of the most devastating natural hazards on Earth. Image credit: USGS

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