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Enhancing a Culture of Preparedness for the Next Cascadia Subduction Zone Tsunami

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Cramer, Lori A., Cox, Daniel, and Wang, Haizhong

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Experts are predicting a major rupture of the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) sometime within the twenty-first century. When that happens, it will cause an offshore earthquake at a magnitude of 9.0+. After the tremors subside (about 5 min), a powerful tsunami will strike land. Oregon is known for its strong...

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Agent-based tsunami evacuation modeling of unplanned network disruptions for evidence-driven resource allocation and retrofitting strategies

Creator:

Mostafizi, Alireza, Wang, Haizhong, Cox, Dan, Cramer, Lori A., and Dong, Shangjia

Abstract:

The M9 Cascadia subduction zone earthquake represents one of the most pressing natural hazard threats in the Pacific Northwest of the USA with an astonishing high 7–12% chance of occurrence by 2060, mirroring the 2011 devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Yet this region, like many other coastal communities, is...

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