Cascadia: The Earthquake that will Destroy Westcoast America

Go to http://go.thoughtleaders.io/1895720200714 for unlimited access to the world’s top documentaries and non­fiction series, and for our listeners, enter the promo code GEOGRAPHICS when prompted during the sign­up process and your membership is completely free for the first 30 days.

→ Subscribe for new videos two times per week.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw?sub_confirmation=1

This video is #sponsored by Curiosity Stream.

Our sister channels:
Biographics - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ
TopTenz - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ-hpFPF4nOKoKPEAZM_THw/

Credits:
Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Morris M.
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shell Harris

Business inquiries to admin@toptenz.net

Source/Further reading:

In-depth feature from the New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one
Detailed piece from Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/where-the-pacific-northwest-rsquo-s-ldquo-big-one-rdquo-is-more-likely-to-strike/
The mythology of the 1700 quake: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/rosetta-stones/thunderbird-and-the-orphan-tsunami-cascadia-1700/
More on the mythology - excellent examples: https://slate.com/technology/2015/09/earthquakes-and-tsunamis-in-the-pacific-northwest-native-american-myths-and-geoscience.html
Could Cascadia trigger the San Andreas fault? https://www.nwpb.org/2019/12/03/the-big-one-and-another-one-research-shows-cascadia-quakes-sometimes-trigger-san-andreas/
The science-y bit: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/data/crust/cascadia.php
Cascadia on a map: https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/THE-BIG-ONE.jpg

Видео Cascadia: The Earthquake that will Destroy Westcoast America канала Geographics