(Ed. note: article originally posted 3/19/2024)
An area off the coast of Washington state is being shaken by hundreds and hundreds of earthquakes. So is this an indication of potential trouble for the Cascadia Subduction Zone? At this point, there is so much that we don't know. Scientists are telling us that the quakes are centered around a large underwater volcano. The underwater volcano does not pose a threat at all, but if an enormous earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone were to trigger a giant tsunami that slams into the west coast, that would be a historic disaster of epic proportions.
The frequency of the earthquakes that we are witnessing off the coast of Washington is extremely alarming. It is being reported that earlier this month there were "as many as 200 in a single hour"...Scientists have detected a 'great swarm' of earthquakes off the coast of Washington clocking as many as 200 in a single hour during one day.
That is a lot of quakes! According to one of the experts that has been monitoring this area, there were over 2,000 earthquakes in a single day... (Read More)
