Cascadia coastal communities span northern California, Oregon, and Washington, where hazards like earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, erosion, and flooding regularly wreak havoc on homes and shorelines. Along this coastal corridor is the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a 600-mile-long fault within 100 feet of the ocean.
In the last 10,000 years, there have been 41 earthquakes in the Subduction Zone, some separated by as little as 190 years. The last earthquake in this zone was in 1700; if a similar earthquake were to strike today, coastal communities would see waves up to 100 feet tall and lose services for at least two weeks.
Peter Ruggerio will present on the topic of coastal resiliency on Wednesday, March 16, at 6 p.m. via the OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport. Ruggerio is a Professor at Oregon State University’s College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences. He also serves as director of the Cascadia Coastlines and Peoples Hazards Research Hub, a multiregional research organization that includes scholars and scientists from OSU, the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, the University of Oregon, and the United States Geological Survey, to name a few.
The talk will be available via Zoom or via phone; for the latter, call 971-247-1195 and use webinar ID 918 9606 2536.
By Grace Mille
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