Cascadia quake and tsunami: What it would look like in Central Oregon

It happens every few hundred years, and it slams the Oregon Coast with powerful earthquakes and huge tsunami waves.

We’re not exactly overdue for it, but it could happen at any time.

The Big One – a Cascadia Subduction Zone Quake – a truly disruptive natural disaster. So 150 miles inland, are we going to feel anything? And what will the impact be on every day life here in Central Oregon?

Central Oregon Daily’s Allen Schauffler brings us this look at the Cascadia Subduction Zone and what it could do to our world.

(This first aired in September 2019)

Author: Central Oregon Daily News
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