EZ Does It

Seismic and anthropological research over the last thirty years has revealed the deep history of the Pacific Northwest’s earthquake and tsunami activity. As mentioned on previous blog posts, the Pacific Northwest is bordered to the west by the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a point where two tectonic plates, the Juan de Fuca plate, and the North […]

Over the course of the last twenty years, the Portland area has really been placed under the proverbial microscope due to the discovery of two fairly major faults, the West Hills Fault and the East Bank Fault along with a smattering of other, smaller, seismic faults, which, as a whole, are known as the West

Anyone familiar with the Seattle Seahawks over the last several years is familiar with the term, “Beast Quake”, coined after the legendary touchdown run by Marshawn Lynch against the New Orleans Saints on January 8th, 2011. The crowd reaction registered on a sensing device located across the street from the stadium. The event registered just

Portland. The Rose City. Home to the Rose Festival and the Portland Trailblazers. Known nation wide as THE craft brew mecca of the country; city of bridges, and… The New Earthquake Central. Portland has the dubious distinction of being located just a (proverbial) stones throw away from the Cascadia Subduction Zone just 75 miles off

I may be a couple of months behind the times with this, but it is never too late to put a reminder of what we should do during a seismic event – aka an earthquake.  Back in October of 2014, The Great Oregon Shake Out took place here in Oregon in an effort to teach