[JimSEA]

"The Boxing Day earthquake of 2004 and the Japan Tohoku-oki earthquake in 2011 both ruptured to much shallower depths than expected, producing very large earthquakes and tsunami, and prompting a re-evaluation of earthquake slip potential and of the properties of shallow subduction faults," Professor McNeill continued. "Subsequent large magnitude earthquakes have struck this margin since 2004, including unusually large earthquakes in the Indian plate offshore North Sumatra in 2012. Therefore developing a better understanding of earthquake and tsunami behavior and potential is a priority for local communities, for the wider Indian Ocean, and for related subduction zones."

Living 100 plus miles from the Cascadia fault(s), I'm very interested in the seemingly hit and miss history of major subduction earthquakes.

[sagar]

How much of US taxpayers’ money is used to benefit these research on foreign quakes?

[ClearCase_guy]

Probably caused by fracking in Pennsylvania.

[sagar]

Cascadia quake will be one scary event. Actually, quake should only kill a few hundreds. But the tsunami will hit within 15 mins and may kill hundreds of thousands.

[Vermont Lt]

Boy, I misread that headline. I thought it said the drilling was the cause. Need more coffee.