Researchers have already initiated as to how devastating the
coming earthquake would be. On 14th of February, an earthquake of magnitude 6.0
was felt, which however, didn’t cause any injury. The earthquake was witnessed
somewhere 150 miles west of southern Oregon.
The earthquake was categorized as weak as only 39 people
reported of feeling it. It has been informed that about 300 years ago, a
devastating earthquake occurred in the northwest region. It has
further been informed that biggest earthquake was observed underwater, in
Japan. The shakeup caused displacement of seafloor by 150 feet.
Anderson from the University of Nevada was reported
as saying, “The ground motions that we have from Tohoku may actually be an
indication that there could be much stronger shaking in the coastal areas of British
Columbia, Washington and Oregon… Local site conditions can have an
enormous effect on the nature of strong ground motions”.
Following the warnings by the experts, the US Geological
Survey (USGS) has already initiated an analysis over the expected earthquake.
It is believed that the shakeup underwater leave devastating impact over the
urban areas.
There are a number of questions which are yet to be
answered by the scientists. Japan acted courageously by overcoming the
devastating impact of earthquake in March. Another great earthquake can be
devastating for the growth of the economy of the country. It is hoped that the
experts would be able to predict the impact of the coming earthquake.
