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March 15, 2013

Report: Big quake, tsunami could kill 10,000 in Oregon

  • Despite the devastation after Japan's 2011 quake, the report says Japan was more prepared than Oregon because it had spent billions on technology.
    • By LAUREN GAMBINO
    Associated Press

    SALEM, Ore. (AP) — More than 10,000 people could die when — not if — a monster earthquake and tsunami occur just off the Pacific Northwest coast, a new study predicts.

    Coastal towns would be inundated. Schools, buildings and bridges would collapse, and economic damage could hit $32 billion.


     
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