Possible Tsunami Risk as Geologists Discover 45-Mile-Long Hidden Fault

*The Deadman* · 12-14-2023, 07:56 AM

https://www.newsweek.com/fault-line-...i-risk-1852379

A brand new 45-mile fault line has been discovered stretching along Canada's Vancouver Island, just north of the Washington state border, and may pose a tsunami risk to people nearby.

The fault line was suspected to be lurking in the region by geologists, mineralogists and Earth and ocean scientists, who had recently found evidence of an earthquake occurring on the Saanich Peninsula between 4,700 and 2,300 years ago, according to new research in the journal Tectonics.

Proving difficult to find due to the thick forest coverage in the area, the fault line was finally found after intensive research.

"In the northern Cascadia forearc on the west coast of North America, high-resolution topography and geologic mapping show a [approximately] 2.3-m-high scarp across a [approximately] 14,000 year-old land surface 10 km [6.2 miles] north of downtown Victoria, British Columbia, Canada," a team of researchers from France, the U.S. and Canada wrote in the paper.

If the fault were to see an earthquake, it could trigger a tsunami that would be catastrophic to those living nearby in both Canada and on the U.S. West coast.

*IMJ* · 12-14-2023, 12:24 PM

"Brand new" as in newly created through geological processes or "Brand new" as in "been around for centuries and we just found it?

*Mayhem* · 12-14-2023, 01:30 PM

The latter

*Andrew NDB* · 12-14-2023, 02:10 PM

I've seen too many movies to ever want to live on any coast. I'm in WA but super high up.

~~Sumac~~ · 12-14-2023, 03:16 PM

Bye Canada?

*IMJ* · 12-14-2023, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mayhem

The latter

Exactly.... it sort of... a point-making question.

Stu_Padasso · 12-15-2023, 01:45 AM

A new fault line, eh?

I knew the west coast has a “crack” problem, but…

What? No one? Anyone?

Christ. I need to start making up jokes when I’m sober.

*Mayhem* · 12-15-2023, 04:49 AM

Blame Canada already for enough faults

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Stu_Padasso Hench Mutant Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Midwest Posts: 305	A new fault line, eh? I knew the west coast has a “crack” problem, but… What? No one? Anyone? Christ. I need to start making up jokes when I’m sober.