I live in WA state and a study was done on the impacts to transportation after the big one hits, and they determined that all but two bridges and overpasses would collapse. Of the two bridges that could withstand the earthquake, one is used by trains and the other only leads to a small farming island of little importance. It will be completely devastating.

@baneverything5580

7 ай бұрын

Well, wear three masks, get extra boosters, and drink more of the kooky koolaid and the earthquakes will go away. And if they don`t just blame racism.

@eyetrollin710

7 ай бұрын

I live on Vancouver Island and I am halfway up the island and at this point I have told everyone I know to always carry anything they need for a few days of survival in their vehicle, because the upper Highway that connects the island has massive Bridges every 20 minutes or so going over big rivers and valleys,, and there is nothing in between,, to be honest we have a secondary Low Highway that goes through all the small Beachside communities and takes twice as long to get up and down Island but anytime I'm driving I try to take that,, as much as it would suck being stranded between two big bridges that have blown out I don't want to be on one of those big Bridges when it hits

@bzuulu

7 ай бұрын

In Seattle*

@fluffbabiesRcrazy

7 ай бұрын

@@bzuulu the study was for SW Washington and NW Oregon.

@bzuulu

7 ай бұрын

That makes more sense @@fluffbabiesRcrazy

As a geographer who has watched many videos on the potential for a megathrust earthquake in the Cascadia Subduction Zone, I found this brief video to be an excellent introduction to a complicated topic. It would benefit from editing to correct errors in pronunciation of place names and minor issues of content, such as when the tsunami hit the coast of Japan. Strong graphics and balanced commentary enhance the presentation, making the material easier to grasp. A list of suggested readings below the video would be useful for those who wish to explore the topic further. Overall, really well done!

@Deepside

7 ай бұрын

thank you for the feedback!

@jeffersonstatecrash

6 ай бұрын

Came to the comments to say the same thing. As for further exploration of the topic, central Washington university has an excellent lecture series on KZread on PNW geology. Highly recommend.

@davidlafleche1142

6 ай бұрын

@@Deepside Don't forget the South Carolina fault system; which I believe may run all the way up to Canada (Matthew 24:7, KJV).

@gwensmith6

6 ай бұрын

They have really forgotten about certain fault lines. So many other distractions.

@altheacraig2904

6 ай бұрын

You are mentioning Nick Zentner the Geology Professor from whom I have learned so much about plate tectonics and about the subduction zone. He has said that Yellowstone volcano is really a "Hot Spot" just like Killawa on the big island in Hawaii. He is on the internet and is a great teacher! @@jeffersonstatecrash

Great video! I remember reading that the Cascadia fault also has the potential to trigger the San Andreas fault line. Apparently 8 of the previous Cascadia quakes caused a chain reaction. If that were to occur, we could see the entire western coast of North America impacted from Canada to Mexico. Hope it doesn't happen in my lifetime!

I live in central Oregon near Mt Bachelor. Not that far from Mt Hood. I feel tremors.

I lived in SF for 30+ yrs. People often talked about "The Big One" but no one every worried about it and certainly never altered their lives about it. Buildings are built to withstand earthquakes. (Except Millenium Tower, heh, heh, heh.) Que sera as they say. The quake to worry about will be on the New Madrid Fault. All those midwestern towns and cities made up of old buildings of unreinforced masonry are going to tumble.

@ey3z4ya

7 ай бұрын

Right now, the new Madrid fault is definitely of secondary concern to the cascadia subduction zone

@harrietharlow9929

6 ай бұрын

There are pIenty of buidings in Washington, Oregon, and Northern CaIifornia that wiII not make it through the coming PNW quake.

@btd3375

3 ай бұрын

Key areas of SF are built on fill, and the ground will liquify. So you can build strong buildings but if they are on fill, good luck. I suspect that at some point, insurance companies will stop writing policies for these properties.

@shimshonbendan8730

2 ай бұрын

@@ey3z4ya Right now, the New Madrid fault is of primary important as compared to the Cascadia Subduction zone. You have it backwards.

Love seeing your graphics getting better with each video! And the research quality is keeping up! I can really feel how much work you've put into this one. Easily my favorite video on your channel so far!

@Deepside

10 ай бұрын

thank you! It'll only get better from here :)

The juan de fuca plate is like a giant wedge jammed in between the pacific and continental plates

What has recently come into focus is that when the Cascadia shook back in 1700, the San Andreas, and the Hayward Faults also shook at the same time. I did my research and the USGS finally admitted this within the last 2 years. We always hear about Washington, Oregon, Canada being hit hard, but how hard with all of Northern and Southern, California also be hit by the MegaQuake and the Mega tsunami because we are going to get slammed also.

Love seeing these cascadia quake videos show up in my feed every few weeks now. She must be getting ready to blow soon. I live in Port Angeles 🎉🌊

@TheChillCheese

8 ай бұрын

Bro saying that like it a good thing 💀

@baneverything5580

7 ай бұрын

My solution is a personal hot air balloon powered by 10,000 solar panels in each home to float high above the tsunami...or escape the terrible places like Seattle and Portland.

@mikehocking4836

4 ай бұрын

I ate at Taco Bell and I'm ready to blow😂

This was one of the best descriptions I've seen out of many dozen.

Here after the 4-5 good shakes on the north coast in Humboldt 😬

Absolutely a very shocking and sobering video! I was in San Francisco in October 89 at the World Series and survived that! I was in Anchorage AK in 2004 visiting my parents when the Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami occurred!!! Luckily the Tsunami alert was canceled but felt Earthquakes albeit smaller the same day! In 2018 I was in Anchorage again with the 7.0 shaker! My parents were in the 64 Great Alaska Earthquake 9.2 and survived that! I was born 4 years later in 68!

@THERES_BEES_EVERYWHERE

7 ай бұрын

Alaskan residents watching @garylagstrom3864 come back to town mere months after the last earthquake: 😫🤬😭

@one_three_eight

3 ай бұрын

Don’t visit my town!! Lol!

And yet, residents in Ocean Shores, WA, the city likely to have the highest fatality in a CSZ tsunami, has cut through the dunes in 5 places to allow tourist vehicles to drive on the beach. The worst vehicle cut is at Chance A La Mar West Blvd which has a max 17' elevation through dunes that are 23' high. When the subsidence drops the entire coastline 6' prior to the tsunami, the gaps will only be 11' elevation. No one in Ocean Shores, FEMA, WA EMD, etc. will explain why opening the dunes to a tsunami flow is acceptable. But they won't fix that.

@btd3375

3 ай бұрын

The dunes will liquify with the quake, along with other sandy areas along the coast region. Look up soil liquification for details. This is a known action of larger earthquakes.

@comment8767

23 күн бұрын

Dunes will be about as useful as an umbrella in a nuclear blast.

I live in oregon right close to the southern end of the cascades subduction zone. Southern oregon is beautiful

@tamara6212

3 ай бұрын

I have family there, it is beautiful.

Really well done. When transplants to California ask about the San Andreas I’m often asking if they’ve ever heard of the nightmare fuel that is the CSZ. The answer has always been no.

I grew up in Michigan and have never experienced earthquakes but I moved to Washington State in 2009. I’ve always been concerned about earthquakes here, thankfully I haven’t experienced one yet. Not that I could feel anyway but it’s scary to think about. I started to learn about them when I moved here so I wouldn’t be absolutely clueless when it does happen.

Great vid man!

@Deepside

10 ай бұрын

thank you!

If I move to Seattle, it will be a 9 plus.

@Stkrrook123

7 ай бұрын

Idiots when building Seattle used fire hoses to wash the cliffs down to fill in the swamp land then built on that. Liquefaction will take out much of Seattle and it won't need a 9.0 to accomplish that.

Bravo! Subscribed

Nicely done.

Great video! One of the better ones on this subject.

This will undeniably be a catastrophic event, but it might not be as bad as a repeat of the 1812 New Madrid earthquakes which will happen in the middle of North America and whose effects will be felt over a huge part of the USA.

I love your animations!

@Deepside

10 ай бұрын

thank you! I love your channel!

I live on the south end of Vancouver Island and have definitely felt earthquakes, albeit small ones. We also get the occasional tsunami alert, and once a year at work, we go through our disaster plan. Hopefully "the big one" doesn't happen in my lifetime, but I have no control; all I can do is prepare as best I can.

First Nations knew,. There are stories. My grandfather had First Nation friends, and they told him the stories. He told us. In 1960

I've seen and read several presentations about the Cascadia subduction zone. They all have varying numbers of quakes accredited to the zone over the last 5000 years. The more conservative say these occur every 500 years or so. The ones that include more quakes put the period between quakes at about 250 years. If the latter, the northwest is overdue by 50 years with a better than 50 percent possibility of a major quake in the next few years. Also, the ones including more quakes have a number of smaller ones below the titanic 9+ level. A quake may occur that's well below that in strength. Say a 7 to 8. While still very destructive, it would be less so than a 9+.

@MarcusBP

7 ай бұрын

You are correct. Just prior to saying these quakes occur every 300 to 500 years, his own graph showed a 10,000 year span with 39 quakes. Rounding it slightly, that comes to one on average every 250 years. Not 300 to 500. That, in my opinion, makes this entire conversation much more relevant in current times.

I live in western Arkansas. We have the big fault near Mark Tree, Arkansas. In 1811-1812., it produced a series of sever quakes over a period of months. The Mississippi River ran backwards briefly during these quakes. This series of quakes was felt over large areas.

@meganmangold1074

6 ай бұрын

I believe that is the New Madrid fault there.

@badactor3440

6 ай бұрын

The recent (2017) and next year's total solar eclipses intersect over that area. Coincidence....? I think not. It's a ominous warning!

@Dnttou0497

20 күн бұрын

@@badactor3440 oh please

The explanation of the way rock behaves below the surface is intriguing

The Juan de Fuca moves in a clockwise direction because of the directions the other two plates are moving. This complicates things. The Geology of the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia is very complicated as well. Much of it is made up of terranes that formed in the Pacific because of volcanism or terranes from other places. Europe and Mexico part of the mix. The hot spot now in Montana is theorized to have been in the Pacific or created by picking up terranes.

@altheacraig2904

6 ай бұрын

You are so right! I have learned all about the Cascadia Zone and that the Cascade Mountains are here because of the zone and are in relation to it. I learned it and lots more from Geology professor Nick Zentner who is at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington.

I am curious to know how much of this Cascadia Fault snapped? (The entire length?) Can we figure out where on that fault was the epicenter? Also, compare that to the fault off the coast of Banda Ache and ask the same questions--just to get an idea of how big this coming quake will be.

Interesting YT suggested this video for me, possibly b/c I just made my Big Seattle Earthquake prediction video a week ago. My research & maths point to very likely within 2 years - & possibly as soon as early 2024!

@Deepside

7 ай бұрын

very interesting, I would love to hear more about your research!

@blondegirlsezthis8798

7 ай бұрын

math is the least reliable way to predict earthquakes

@SquarePegDivergent

7 ай бұрын

I'm very curious how you've reached that conclusion! I've been studying isometrics every day for the last 2 years, so I do know quite a bit about it, but you sounded very sure, so I thought I'd do a quick little test. I looked up every earthquake in Turkey for the last 166 years. Of the dozen listed, only 3 were 7.7 or stronger. The distance in time between the first & second was 83 years & about 2 1/2 months. The distance in time beween the second & the third was 83 years & about 1 1/2 months. BAM! Isometrix - i just love it. 👍@@blondegirlsezthis8798

@MarcusBP

7 ай бұрын

Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions cannot be reliably estimated using math. Almost all forecasts using this method turn out to be wrong. I wish it could be done; but there's just too many variables under the ground that researchers can only estimate. With that said, if this Seattle earthquake does occur in the next two years, I will make every effort to find your video, and offer a sincere apology!

@SquarePegDivergent

7 ай бұрын

@@MarcusBP kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZZNom8RyqJqWado.htmlsi=gFHaLE1Iewz6sp2L

The farralon plate remnants is now thought to be the source of stress build up in the new Madrid seismic zone. Interesting how both areas are waiting for the big one and are possibly caused by the same thing despite the distance.

where are the sources, especially Atwater findings and plot of historic earthquakes

With that large an earthquake, wouldn't that increase chances for nearby volcanos to erupt?

@RSF-DiscoveryTime

6 ай бұрын

Don't believe it. This page is just as unreliable as Christo Aivalis.....both Klickbait Klan.

@jollyandwaylo

3 ай бұрын

There isn't any evidence of that happening. If you think about it, after learning what cause volcanoes to erupt, shaking isn't going to cause them unless one is ready to erupt in the next month anyway.

Someone should make a video on the effects going East. The food, electronics, medical , roads, travel

This video includes new information I've never heard before. Including the "scraping" of the plate that creates the coastal mountains, and the estimated time for the northern stretch of the Cascadia Subduction Zone to rupture versus the southern stretch.

@jollyandwaylo

3 ай бұрын

Most of the coastal mountains are not caused by scraping, only the Olympic Mountains which are not volcanic.

I live on the coast, right at the southern tip of the JDF plate. We do get lots of little quakes here, but I guess we're due for a bigger one...

Puget Sound is pronounced "PYOU-jet". It's Grays Harbor County, not Gray County.

@tamara6212

3 ай бұрын

Yep, pew- jet sound

This is why I moved from the Pacific Northwest. When this thing finally slips it will be the worst earthquake in recorded US history (think the Tohoku Earthquake of 2011).

I know this is slightly nit picky, but Puget Sound is pronounced PewJet Sound. Not being a local you wouldn't have known that., so no biggie really. A lot of local names are from Native American culture, Puget Sound however is not one of them. The sound is named after Peter Puget who accompanied George Vancouver on his exploration of the areas waterways. Now on to the CSZ. When it ruptures, it will devastate pretty much the entire western coastline of the US and Canada (and possibly Mexico Russia, China etc from the Tsunami's), as well as wipe out pretty much everything west of Interstate 5 in Washington, Oregon, and Northern California. The damage to everything East of Interstate 5 will also be massive. The costs will be measured in potentially millions of lives and trillions of dollars. The CSZ is why I NEVER go to the coast.

@lindacruz7378

5 ай бұрын

That annoyed me when I heard it mispronounced. Very often I hear mispronounced names by narrators. Before speaking or recording, they should check the proper pronunciations.

How scary this fault is for being so quiet--even now.

2:48 *United States Geological Survey. Cool video and graphics. Keep em comin.

This...the Yellowstone...OMG 😮

@DesertRat332

8 ай бұрын

Don't forget the New Madrid fault and the 1862 flooding of the Central Valley in California, which is supposed to happen with some regularity. I won't live to see any of it, but my grand daughters are going to live in "interesting times." 🙂

@tj7965

7 ай бұрын

@@DesertRat332fair to explain ? Would love to read

This is very interesting on explaining how this forms two parallel mountain ranges, and why the coast ranges aren't volcanic. I don't remember ever seeing any one address this before.

brb packing my things

Willamette Valley is pronounced will-AM-it =) I used to live there but now half way around the world... Though I miss it tremendously I feel safer with this distance from the impending Big One !!!

Nice another up and coming education channel all for it! The market is huge now but this is a good thing, just hard to grow tho

I live on central Vancouver Island near the north end of the subduction zone, I hope to not be alive when the next mega-quake hits here, it will likely be devastating

It may or may not be worse than the Anchorage quake, which was also subduction-caused. Kudos on pronouncing "Juan de Fuca" right!

What would a full margin tear on the SJDF fault look like for SF Bay Area.

That was a really nice Video. I hope my comment helps the video get a bit more attention from the Algorithm so more people can see a well produced video :D

@Deepside

10 ай бұрын

thank you, I appreciate it!!

This video MAY have contained some worthwhile information, however, your choice of music completely devalued anything you might have wanted to say, IF you even had something of value to say.

@ey3z4ya

7 ай бұрын

You mean the barely audible drone playing in the background? You must be easily annoyed

@RSF-DiscoveryTime

6 ай бұрын

@@ey3z4ya Read the thread. Other people are complaining about the music.

Good thing General Aviation has a plan in place to help in the aftermath with the West Coast General Aviation Response Plan

Wow, thanks for this video packed with scientific facts. I feel like I was in class.

Been saying this shit my entire life and they'll be saying it after I'm gone. Geological events are meaningless when your lifespan is a mere blip on a geological scale. Either it happens, or it doesn't. You can't even prepare for something like this.

@Dnttou0497

20 күн бұрын

I mean, you actually can prepare. You can’t prevent all injury and damage, but you can significantly mitigate it. Look at Japan.

The last one of these that I watched said 12% in the next 50 years. This guy says 20-30%. That's a big difference.

@sherimatukonis6016

5 ай бұрын

10% +/- for a FULL RIP 30+/- for a partial rip... partial is approximately an 8.0 full rip 9+. there are a lot of variables and the best they can do with current science is estimates and averages. I live here, and have watched a lot of videos both scientific sources and drama centered. At the end of the day, It's coming... eventually. When it does, it's gonna hurt.

Would people be safe from a tsunami because of the high cliffs in most of that area?

@SusieDaw-ix6pv

6 ай бұрын

The cliffs will end up below sea level.

@Dnttou0497

20 күн бұрын

I think the issue is that few coastal residents live in the mountainous high elevations and cliffs. Most live in low-lying areas near the beaches, bays, and rivers.

Great video. FYI, it’s “will-am-it” not “willmit”, and “pew jit” isn’t “pug it”.

@Deepside

7 ай бұрын

thanks!

@DoggosAndJiuJitsu

7 ай бұрын

@@Deepside of course. Don’t get me wrong, truly a good recap and informational. It’s just that I live in the area so I know the local pronunciation 😂🤤

@reginaangell5327

6 ай бұрын

If they can even say poo jit* sound that is close.

Good, informative content but I respectfully suggest that the background music should go.

Audio engineers may have been a little distracted by the visual representation.

FYI, the earthquake that happened on Sunday March 14, 2117 at 1:32pm, which was luckily only an 8.4, struck 68 miles off the coast Washington. 4,825 people lost their lives. Timelines can change so hopefully officials can make the coast more safe before my time.

Thankful Vancouver Canada allocate huge funding to do seismic upgrade to major infrastructures since 2014. But we still need more to prevent catastrophic events after a magnitude 9 or larger earthquake, such as emergency power and essentials for people to survive until the rescue arrived

What would happen if CASCADIA and San Andreas go at the same time?

@junewilliams4868

7 ай бұрын

Total disaster

@klausmaerz197

7 ай бұрын

And that is quite plausible, to say the least. Within the past thirty centuries, the Cascadia Subduction Zone, as well as the San Andreas Fault, have ruptured at or nearly the same time at least nine times.

@user-fp2yv7fv6u

7 ай бұрын

A really big shit show I would think 😮

@blondegirlsezthis8798

7 ай бұрын

Shake n Bake

@danfoss1535

6 ай бұрын

Everybody's going surfin, Surfin USA!!

You forgot to mention the many many times the South JDF has set off the San Andreas and that there have been full margin ruptures of both JDF and San Andreas at the same time. If you really get into it F.E.M.A is quoted as saying everything west of Freeway 5 will be toast if there is a full margin rupture that sound like fun NOT, it may even set off a few volcano's. Have a nice day all.

Would Eastern Washington feel this?

I live in Northwestern Calif. & all my life have heard about the BIG one. I'm pretty sure everyone from Canada to California knows it's bound to happen. The only question is when.

I live on Southern Vancouver Island. Thank you for pronouncing 'Juan de Fuca' properly 😊

I'm holding my breath starting...now.

The sky is falling! The sky is falling! C'mon dude, even the experts can't predict.

@Dnttou0497

20 күн бұрын

I mean, you can’t forecast specifically when it will hit but you can definitely tell if there is a high risk, and the probability that it will occur in a given timeframe. Being knowledgeable and prepared is different from being an alarmist.

Copalis Co-Pal-iss (like hiss, but without the h)

I kind of take "the big one is coming" with a grain of salt. 1966-67, California was in "imminent" danger of a major quake. One that would cause parts of the state to fall into the Pacific. Not saying a major quake isn't possible, but .........

@Dnttou0497

20 күн бұрын

It’s definitely annoying when people tell overblown tall tales like that. However it’s certainly no reason not to keep it in mind and be prepared.

Quite interesting to learn that the 1700 Cascadia earthquake caused a tsunami on a Japanese island 10 hours before! I think it was 10 hours later.

@Deepside

7 ай бұрын

good catch! Yes, it was 10 hours later. Sorry for the mistake!

@eyetrollin710

7 ай бұрын

​@@Deepsideactually depending on what you were quoting it might have been 10 hours after because you see the International Date Line Between the west coast and Japan,, 😮

Cascadia doesn't produce small quakes

@sherimatukonis6016

7 ай бұрын

Unless you consider an 8 small ..

@Yeetly

4 ай бұрын

​@sherimatukonis6016 8 are bad idk whst he tlsking biut

There will be 40 meter tsunamis since the energy stored is so great.

I live in Indiana, so we don’t have to worry about this.

Very well done. No "fear mongering". It will eventually experience a "full rip" but most likely not in our lifetimes. Thanks for being truthful!!!!

@debraolson7553

4 ай бұрын

It's coming this year 2024

@russellmooneyham3334

4 ай бұрын

@@debraolson7553 I seriously doubt that. A partial rip possibly, but not a full rip.

..I don’t need ‘white flashes’ between ‘scenes’ in order to stay ..awake. Dang, had to cut this one short - though, I’m a former Oregonian having moved to solid ground.

Yellowstone I live 200 miles from there thats what I'm worried about savvy

good video but you need to work on how to pronounce northwest place names.

Err waiting to see someone suggest that we inject fracking chemicals near the fault lines, to lube it up and reduce the potential energy via many smaller quakes. That process has happened in other places where fracking chemicals were widely injected.

@ethereal369

7 ай бұрын

'Fracking' could potentially trigger an earthquake.

@surelyyoujokemeinfailure7531

7 ай бұрын

@@ethereal369 Yup. Small scale experimentation first?

Dutchsinse (earthquake channel) sent out message today. All forms of his Internet access have been cut off!!!!😢

@Dnttou0497

20 күн бұрын

Oh yes, your blessed soothsayer Dutch knows all! 🙄

When you do videos about America, we don't have Netflix. We are the miles inches based on. So when you make a video about America use? How many miles per how many inches are? How many feet?

@Dnttou0497

20 күн бұрын

Learn how to write in English before criticizing someone’s use of the metric system because it “isn’t American.”

Copalis is pronounced 'Co-Pay-liss" and the 'S' in USGS is "Survey," not "Service." Also, Puget is pronounced "Pyoo-git." Willamette was also mispronounced.

@Dnttou0497

20 күн бұрын

Only someone truly from the PNW would be so offended by mispronunciation of local landmarks that are very honestly difficult for even non-local Americans to pronounce.

When will we leave the coasts and go to safe distances inland from catastrophic storms, floods and earthquake regions. For some reason we we build all kinds of infrastructure and powerplants even reactors in an area prone to disaster that destroys that crap. Moving now will save lives and know it will happen again and again and again.

I met a guy yesterday who had indian ancestors. One had a memory of when the Mississippi ran backwards. He had swum in it. Mayv the New Madrdid fault quakno. No newspapers then.

I'm 65 so I hope this happens sooner rather than later.

When California goes Yellowstone goes so we mine the fault lines at the salt n sea for lithium and subsidize electric cars.

Check your narrator's pronunciation: The Willamette, the major river in Portland, Oregon, is pronounced Wil-LAM-met, and Puget Sound in Seattle, Washington, is pronounced PEW-jit Sound.

Sounds like what just happened in Japan, a massive slip fault tsunami.

You would do well to research the proper pronunciation of location names.

Good

If the new madrid fault goes off again it'll make this fault line look like childs play

@ey3z4ya

7 ай бұрын

Wrong

@Dnttou0497

20 күн бұрын

Why is it a competition

the sky is falling the sky is falling ^_-

I hope there's no nuclear power plants in that area or the devastation will be atrocious

Isn't every countries worst earthquake waiting to come. Time is nothing to nature.

I live on an Island and for 60 years people have predicted earthquake castrophy , the earthquakes we have had are not the issue its the crazy people trying to scare everyone 😅

At least once a week, someone comes out with a Cascadia earthquake is coming video.

Everyone knows it's COMING, what nobody knows is when. OP doesn't know either which means this video is 100% sizzle and 0% steak. It's a nothingburger.

Humans can predict what happened millions of years ago, and can predict earthquakes 50 years from now. But can't predict a rain storm a week or 2 from now

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