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35 Wild West Coast Facts: Cascadia Earthquakes and Dangerous Waters
Explore 35 surprising facts about the West Coast, from Cascadia earthquakes to California’s geographic extremes. This countdown reveals the forces shaping the Pacific Northwest and some of America’s most remarkable landscapes.
On January 26, 1700, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck the Pacific Northwest, sending a tsunami across the ocean to Japan. Surviving Japanese records helped researchers pinpoint the date, while geological evidence points to 41 major earthquakes over roughly 10,000 years.
At the Oregon-Washington border, the Columbia River meets the Pacific in a collision of currents and…
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