In a grim but fascinating read, The New Yorker’s Kathryn Schulz lays out what will happen when the enormous earthquake hits the Pacific Northwest. Not if, but when. Schulz writes in clear, direct passages, including describing in simple terms how to understand the geological forces that cause earthquakes. And she makes the case that a massive quake in the “Cascadia subduction zone” will be bigger, stronger and much more damaging than any on the San Andreas fault in California.
“Counting from the earthquake of 1700,” established through incredible scientific detective work, “we are now 315 years into a 243-year cycle,” the story says.
