The Quake That Will Reshape America

A “megaquake” is coming to the Pacific Northwest, and it could be a double whammy.
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Oregon is sitting on a ticking time bomb. Scientists are warning that pressure is building, and we’re not ready for the megaquake that’s coming. In this video, we’ll investigate what scientists' predictions say. What will really happen, and when?

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0:00 The Big One
1:41 Cascadia Subduction Zone
3:03 How Do Earthquakes Work?
6:10 Double Whammy
8:40 The Last Megaquake
10:33 Neskowin Ghost Forest
13:13 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami
15:50 Orphan Tsunami
20:28 Unpredictable Behaviour
22:22 When Will It Happen?
24:43 Predicting the Big One
26:33 A Tsunami Is Coming
28:25 Tsunami Evacuation Towers
30:57 How to Prepare

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References:
“Odds Are 1-in-3 Huge Quake Will Hit Northwest in Next 50 Years”, via oregonstate.edu https://astrumspace.info/cascadia
“Pacific Northwest Counties Prepare for The Big One”, via naco.org https://astrumspace.info/naco
“The Really Big One”, via newyorker.com https://astrumspace.info/bigone
“Flood Risk in Pacific Northwest Is Increasing”, via openaccessgovernment.org https://astrumspace.info/pnwflood
“Unravelling the Dance of Earthquakes”, via geoscienceworld.org https://astrumspace.info/eqsync
“Dating the 1700 Cascadia Earthquake”, via researchgate.net https://astrumspace.info/1700cascadia
“Evidence for Great Holocene Earthquakes”, via asu.edu https://astrumspace.info/holquakes
“Time and Size of a Giant Earthquake in Cascadia”, via nature.com https://astrumspace.info/gianteq
“The 'M9' Project”, via washington.edu https://astrumspace.info/m9project
“Celebrating Nation’s First Tsunami Vertical Evacuation Tower”, via wa.gov https://astrumspace.info/evactower

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Credits:
Narrator: James Stewart
Writer: Milla Harrison
Video Editor: Finlay Yates
Animator: Peter Sheppard
Researcher: Shourya Shrivastava
Script Editor: Damaris McColgan
Thumbnail Designers: Peter Sheppard, Juane Dames
Publishing Lead: Georgina Brenner
Production Coordinator: Rose Unwin
Edit Producer: Poppy Pinnock
Producers: Alex McColgan, James Stewart
Head of Astrum: Jess Jordan
Creator of Astrum: Alex McColgan

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