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March 3, 2010

Seattle at risk for Chile-size quake

  • A group of scientists plan to travel to Chile in May for a conference on giant earthquakes and their tsunamis.
    • By ALICIA CHANG
    AP Science Writer

    LOS ANGELES — Just 50 miles off the Pacific Northwest coast is an earthquake hotspot that threatens to unleash on Seattle, Portland and Vancouver the kind of damage that has shattered Chile.

    The fault has been dormant for more than 300 years, but when it awakens — tomorrow or decades from now — the consequences could be devastating.


     
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