Here are the hidden earthquake zones you don’t know about

Here are the hidden earthquake zones you don’t know about

12/14/2019

Let’s get ready to (potentially) rumble.

In 2011, a magnitude 5.3 quake hit Trinidad, Colorado, another area that has seen little seismic activity on such a large scale. According to the Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, The Sangre de Cristo Fault, which lies at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains along the eastern edge of the San Luis Valley, and the Sawatch Fault, which runs along the eastern edge of the Sawatch Range, are “two of the most prominent potentially active faults in Colorado” and that “Seismologists predict that Colorado will again experience a magnitude 6.5 earthquake at some unknown point in the future.”

The Cascadia Subduction Zone

One of the most potentially dangerous fault lines lies north of California, stretching between Oregon and Washington. Major cities like Portland, Seattle and Vancouver lie along the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which scientists say has the capability of a 9.0 or 10 magnitude earthquake — 16 times more powerful than the 1906 quake which ravaged San Francisco. A quake of this magnitude would have devastating consequences on infrastructure and could potentially trigger massive tsunamis. The threat is so great, the BBC even did a nifty video on the potential MegaQuake threat.

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