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Archive Home > 2009 > November > 20 > When big quake hits, Seattle may be unprepared

When big quake hits, Seattle may be unprepared

Jolt likely will be closer to the city than suspected, new study finds

By Sandi Doughton / The Bulletin
November 20, 2009

SEATTLE — Pacific Northwesterners have learned to live with the knowledge that a monster earthquake will wallop the region one day.

But for Seattle dwellers, that harsh reality has always been tempered by the fact that the fault called the Cascadia Subduction Zone is most likely to snap offshore....

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