Scientists sound after a series of earthquakes fluctuated on the west coast last week, warning that a major seismic event is 'inevitable'.
Earthquakes cause tsunamis by rising or falling the ocean floor, so that water above it forms a massive wave.
But it is not only the risk in California, Washington sits along the Cascadia subduction zone that is capable of a 'megaquake', they said.
Harold Tobin, director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, said: “[The] 700-MIGH Long error capable of producing earthquakes into Magnitude 9 and tsunamis that will influence the entire coast. '
The earthquake and the resulting tsunami can destroy the Pacific Northwest, killing an estimated 14,000 people and more than 100,000 injured in Oregon and Washington, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The Cascadia sub -duct zone – which extends from North California to the Pacific Ocean – released a 9.2 Magnitude 'Megaquake' in 1700 and the pressure has since been built.
The Oegon Department of Emergency Management (OEM) states that there is about 37 percent chance that the Cascadia subduction zone will produce an earthquake of size 7.1 or larger within the next 50 years.
Robert Ezelle, the director of the Emergency Management Division of Washington, said, “It will be the worst natural disaster in the history of our country.”
If the Cascadia subduction zone 'the Great' produced, the earthquake and the resulting Tsunami would destroy the Pacific Northwest, kill an estimated 14,000 people and injured more than 100,000 in Oregon and Washington
Outside the coast of Washington is the Cascadia subduction zone, an error of 700 miles that is able to produce earthquakes into magnitude 9 and tsunamis that can influence the entire coast (stock)
'Washington, in second place in California, has the greatest risk of earthquakes in the country, Tobin told Kiro7.
That is because the state is about active errors and error zones, making seismic events inevitable.
Along these mistakes “the earthquakes may be smaller, but the damage can really be much worse,” said Tinbin.
Large earthquakes produced by these errors would probably cause the destruction of mass -ownership, cut access to certain neighborhoods and lead to numerous injuries and even killing.
“It would be expected that the power will be down, natural gas pipes will be broken, perhaps water and sewer pipes will be broken,” said Tinbin.
He told NBC News that if a large earthquake would touch the Cascadia shaking, last five minutes, but Tsunami waves would end the coast for 10 hours.
Roads and bridges would be destroyed, together with around 620,000 buildings and around 100 hospitals and 2,000 schools.
“We are unprepared,” Ezelle said, and noted that residents should take care of each other because Washington officials say they should take care of themselves for at least two weeks.
If produced by the San Andreas error in California, 'the Big One' would cause about 1,800 deaths, 50,000 injuries and $ 200 billion in damage, experts (shares) estimate
The last harmful earthquake that Washington had experienced was the Nisqually Quake from 2001.
This magnitude 6.8 Tremblor hit the Puget sound area without warning and caused more than $ 4 billion in damage and around 400 injuries.
The earthquake of California said the San Andreas error, which runs 800 miles up and down, the coast of San Bernardino to the northern part of the state, is capable of an earthquake with a force of 8.3.
This event would cause widespread destruction, leveling cities, firing fires, cutting electricity and cracking water directions. Experts estimate that it could lead to 1,800 deaths, 50,000 injuries and $ 200 billion damage.
The most recent significant tsunami that hit Washington and Oregon was in 1964, which was caused by an earthquake of 9.2 magnitude in Alaska's Prince William Sound.
Both states were flooded with a 55-foot long wave, floods along the coast.
The tsunami killed 122 people and caused millions of dollars in compensation.
But the earthquake of 9.2 magnitude that hit the Cascadia more than 300 years ago, unleashed a tsunami of more than 50 feet high that ran across the United States and reached Japan.
San Andreas's fault runs 800 miles up and down along the coast of California from San Bernardino to the northern part of the state
Although the San Andreas error and the Cascadia subduction zone justify special attention from seismologists because of their incredible earthquake-producing potential, these are not the only errors that can unleash themselves on the west coast.
Dozens of active errors and error zones are under Washington, including among large cities such as Seattle and Tacoma.
The two largest earthquakes in the history of Oregon were produced by errors other than the Cascadia subduction zone.
Both took place in 1993. The first was a magnitude 5.6 that came from Mount Angel Fault Zone, and the second was a magnitude 6.0 produced by the Klamath Graben Fault System.
And in California the most recent major earthquakes did not arise from the San Andreas error, but the Salt Wells Valley and Paxton Ranch Fault Zones.
This magnitude 6.4 Foreshock and Magnitude 7.1 Mainshock Cut Power for at least 3,000 inhabitants in Ridgecrest and ensured that a total of 50,000 people shake themselves.
This suggests that a harmful earthquake can come from practically everywhere along the west coast.
Both the San Andreas error and the Cascadia subduction zone have long been late for a large earthquake.
Geological studies show that the San Andreas in the history of history has produced a 'large earthquake at a' level every 150 years.
Although the northern part of this error has experienced a large earthquake in the last 150 years, the southern part does not have – which suggests that people could hit in the vicinity of cities such as Los Angeles, San Bernardino or Palm Springs.
Research suggests that South California has a 36 percent chance of experiencing a magnitude 7.5 or large earthquake in the coming 30 years, which would spread the destruction across the State.
But until the San Andreas Fault and the Cascadia subduction zone finally tear, the threat of 'the big' will continue to loom, which is anxious every time California, Oregon or Washington feel a trembling.
