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What is Cascadia Rising 2022?
Cascadia Rising 2022 will be a four‐day functional exercise June 13-16, in which Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs) / Emergency Coordination Centers (ECCs) at all levels of government and the private sector will activate to coordinate simulated field response operations across Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
What is the main reason why officials in Washington state planned the Cascadia Rising exercise?
The overarching purpose of the integrated Cascadia Rising Exercise was to test the government’s ability – at the local, tribal, state and federal levels – to coordinate and respond cooperatively to a catastrophic disaster related to a Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) 9.0 magnitude earthquake.
What magnitude was the Cascadia earthquake?
8.7–9.2 Mw
1700 Cascadia earthquake
| USGS-ANSS | ComCat |
|---|---|
| Magnitude | 8.7–9.2 Mw |
| Epicenter | 45°N 125°W |
| Fault | Cascadia subduction zone |
| Type | Megathrust |
What is Cascadia Rising?
Cascadia Rising was a multi-State effort involving agencies across federal, state, local, tribal, international and private sectors in a set of exercises centering around a 9.0 subduction zone earthquake and subsequent 100-foot tsunami.
How many Oregon schools are at risk of at least partial collapse in a Cascadia earthquake?
It could be in 50 years. It could be in a hundred years.” A decade-old government study predicted about a thousand schools statewide would likely collapse in a Cascadia Subduction Zone quake. Hansen said authorities weren’t aware of the danger the zone off the coastline posed until well after many schools were built.
Is Seattle in the Cascadia Subduction Zone?
The CSZ is roughly 700 miles long, running from Vancouver Island, British Columbia to northern California. The Juan de Fuca plate zig zags off the coast, roughly 300 miles off shore from Seattle and is sliding under the North American plate, roughly 20-30 miles below Seattle and Portland.
Will Cascadia earthquake affect Seattle?
A megathrust earthquake could reach M9. 0+ and affect an area from Canada to northern California. A Cascadia megathrust earthquake could rank as one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded, but because Seattle is several hundred miles from the source seismic waves would weaken slightly before they reach Seattle.