While those sound big, they aren’t the big one by any means.
Who knows what forces they may unleash though, distant on the same general fault lines, say down into California.
I went to the link and it’s a blank page - how far off the coast were these?
Precisely my thoughts. Release a little stress here, maybe build up a little stress farther down the fault line.
As a California native, I’d say the Pacifc Northwest quakes seem to have far more potential for destruction. Scarey!
“While those sound big, they aren’t the big one by any means.”
You are right, they aren’t really very big. I live in an earthquake-prone area. In an area with enforced building codes, there is probably very little if any damage.
The Cascadia subduction zone could easily generate an 8.0 quake. Thousands could die.
Progressively shift stress to other portions of the fault system for a progressive escalation?