Talk:1700 Cascadia earthquake
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Have there been speculations about what would happen if this zone were to produce a high-magnitude quake "early", say in the next 10 years or so? Seems like it would be pretty disasterous for the Pacific Northwest. Are there any efforts to prepare for such an eventuality? If you know anything about this, please expand the article.
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[edit] Awa, Japan reference
In the Tsunami article, in the other historical tsunamis section, there is reference to this earthquake and mention of "Awa, Japan". As noted at AWA, there are two cities, two historical provinces, and a present day district that could all be referenced by the phrase "Awa, Japan", and all of them could be coastal. Could someone look into disambiguating this reference? Thanks. Courtland 00:55, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] "Cascadia Earthquake"??
Who came up with this name? I've seen coverage of the 9.0/1700 quake in papers up here (BC) and that name has never been used. Sure, it's fashionable, but since when does it become a proper name for other things than the geographer's fiction it started out as?Skookum1 23:57, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] If there's a better name ...
If there's a better name, we'll move the article & make Cascadia Earthquake a redirect. Ain't no big deal. But I've never heard it referred as anything else. Anyone have input here?
dino 05:02, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Future quake
"most notably Seattle, Portland, and Tacoma," – is there a source for this? I'm guessing Vancouver or Victoria might make this list as well, possibly more importantly than Tacoma. Or is it somehow expected that the quake would only affect the US? Cleduc 08:38, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Native American traditions
Did anyone else happen to see today's Oregonian, "Native American oral histories clarify what science hasn't revealed of a 1700 quake", p. C10? It tells of an article (or group of articles; the article is unclear) in the latest Journal of the Oregon Historical Society that both archeological findings and oral traditions tell of the cost in human life that this earthquake had on the people who were living in the area. There is the choice between using the Oregonian article (not authoritative, but available), or someone stalking the shelf of their local library until this issue arrives (authoritative, but not yet available).
Adding this, as well as the story of how the pieces of evidence about this earthquake were found and assembled, would make this a Featured Article IMHO. -- llywrch 00:28, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
