The Really Big One: What If The Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake Hits Today?

🌐 Website: https://whatifgeography.com/📝 Substack: https://geographybygeoff.substack.com/📷 Socials: https://linktr.ee/geographybygeoff🎧 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WiGPod📖 Check out Hunter's atlas' here: https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=hunter+shobeThe Cascadia Subduction Zone lies about 200 miles off the coast of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia and, at some point, a mega thrust earthquake will shake the entire region violently. In today's episode, Geoff and Hunter dive deep into just what a subduction earthquake is, what areas will be impacted, and what people who live in the region can expect when it does happen.Note: Today's episode was recorded a couple days before the earthquake that struck Turkey. While this episode is supposed to be entertaining, please note that we are not making light of the situation in Turkey and Northern Syria.

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Geography is everything and in this podcast you'll gain a better understanding of topics such as regional dialects, beer, cities, food, and everything else, just with a geographic lens! Join Geoff Gibson (host of the YouTube channel: Geography by Geoff) and Professor Hunter Shobe of Portland State University as they tackle different topics and discuss them to ridiculous lengths! New episodes published weekly every Tuesday.