Preparing For The Next Megathrust Earthquake
Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 12:37
in Earth & Climate
In the past 11,00 years, there have been 22 large and megathrust earthquake shaking events along the Pacific coast of North America, an average recurrence interval of about 500 years, though the time between major shaking events can stretch up to about 1,000 years, according to a new paper. read more