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Odds Are One in Three That a Huge Quake Will Hit Northwest in Next 50 Years


May 24, 2010

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The major earthquakes that devastated Chile earlier this year and that triggered the catastrophic Indonesian tsunami of 2004 are more than just a distinct possibility to strike the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States, scientists say.  There is more than a one-in-three chance that it will happen within the next 50 years.Full Story

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