Seattle will likely survive a quake on the Cascadia Fault—mostly. Because the fault is offshore, the most likely damage will be the huge tsunamis that will wipe out the Pacific coastline of Washington, Oregon, and California north of Eureka, CA. We’re actually fortunate that the coastlines of Oregon and Washington are thinly inhabited for the most part.
“Seattle will likely survive a quake on the Cascadia Fault—mostly. Because the fault is offshore, the most likely damage will be the huge tsunamis that will wipe out the Pacific coastline of Washington...”
Why is that, since Seattle’s on the coast?
What I have read on Seattle and Portland is ALL the old brick buildings will fall as will the older bridges.