Virtual Mega-quake Shows Earthquake Could Inflict Major Damage On Pacific Northwest US

By Richard Chasey, posted on March 3rd, 2008 in Disasters

Originally Published by Science Daily

San Diego State University researchers – using a supercomputer-powered “virtual earthquake” program – have calculated the possible impacts of a mega-thrust earthquake in the Pacific Northwest.

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