For FICTION and NON-FICTION about the Cascadia Subduction Zone, including past, present and future earthquakes (and their threats). For those who live in the area, the looming earthquake is often called "The Big One," and it has yet to happen. Lets hope it never does!

PLEASE ONLY ADD A FICTION BOOK IF IT IS SET IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INVOLVES THE CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE. NO SAN ANDREAS/CALIFORNIA STORIES or OTHER EARTHQUAKE AREAS!

"The Cascadia subduction zone (also referred to as the Cascadia fault) is a convergent plate boundary that stretches from northern Vancouver Island to northern California. It is a very long, sloping subduction zone that separates the Explorer, Juan de Fuca, and Gorda plates, on the one hand, and the North American Plate, on the other." (Wiki)

"Great Subduction Zone earthquakes are the largest earthquakes in the world, and are the only source zones that can produce earthquakes greater than M8.5. The CSZ has produced magnitude 9.0 or greater earthquakes in the past, and undoubtedly will in the future....The last known megathrust earthquake in the northwest was in January, 1700, just over 300 years ago. Geological evidence indicates that such great earthquakes have occurred at least seven times in the last 3,500 years, a return interval of 400 to 600 years."
(https://pnsn.org/outreach/earthquakes...)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascadi...