mountain-tilting paper
turbidite-landslide debate
Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS)
aftershocks
Alaska (see Adak Island; Anchorage;
Kodiak; Palmer; Prince William
Sound; Valdez)
Alaskan earthquake and tsunami of 1964
aftershocks
Alberni Inlet
Anchorage
angle of fault debate
Bamfield
Benioff, Hugo
casualties
compared with 1906 California earthquake
compared with Chilean earthquake of 1960
damage caused by,
epicenter
eyewitness accounts
Grantz, Arthur
magnitude
Meishusan Maru
Montague Island
Plafker, George
Prince William Sound
seismogenic zone
tsunami reaches Crescent City
tsunami strikes Port Alberni
Turnagain Heights
USGS field investigation
Alaska Standard
Alaska Tsunami Warning Centers
Alberni Inlet
Albert Head GPS monument
Aleutian Islands
Aleutian Trench
Allen, Clarence
Alpine (New Zealand) fault
Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
American Society of Civil Engineers
(ASCE)
Anchorage
Alaskan earthquake of 1964,
Anchorage Daily News
Ando, Masataka
aseismic debate
locked tectonic plates debate
Ando, Miko
Andreanof Islands earthquake and tsunami of 1986
Adak Island
Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
magnitude
Naval Air Station on Adak Island
Aneyoshi Bay
angle of fault debate
animal behavior
antinuclear activists
Applegate, Bruce
Arcata
aseismic subduction
aseismic zones
asperities
Astoria
Astoria Bridge
Astoria Canyon
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) (see also Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Atwater, Brian
crustal compression, measuring
date and time of last CSZ quake
earthquake history of CSZ
ghost forest discovery
locked tectonic plates debate
Monmouth conference
orphan tsunami research
B
Bakun, William
explanation of Richter scale
first official prediction experiment in U.S.
first official USGS seismic prediction
Parkfield earthquake prediction experiment
prediction debate
threat of great subduction quake on Juan de Fuca plate
Balazs, Emery
aseismic debate
locked tectonic plates debate
Balch, Billy
Bamfield
Banda Aceh
Barclay Canyon
Barker, Doug
bathymetry (see also computer models of tsunamis)
Beijing
Benioff, Hugo
Benioff zone
Benning, Jerry
Bernard, Eddie
comparing Cascadia event with Katrina
computer models of a Cascadia tsunami
computer models of Sumatra tsunami of 2004,
raising public awareness
Sumatra 2004, response to
tsunami warning systems
Big One
blind fault
Bobrowsky, Peter
Bodega Head
Bolt, Bruce
bottom pressure recorder (BPR)
British Columbia (see Alberni Inlet; Bamfield; Campbell River; Cape Scott; Port Alberni; Tofino; Ucluelet; Vancouver; Vancouver Island; Victoria)
British Columbia’s Provincial Emergency Program (PEP)
building codes
Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act
Large-Scale Earthquake Countermeasures Act
quake effects on tall buildings, Seattle study
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
Burke, Bud
C
caldera
California (see Arcata; Bodega Head; Cape Mendocino; Coalinga; Crescent City; Eureka; Ferndale; Humboldt Bay; La Jolla; Los Angeles; McKinleyville; Menlo Park; Oakland; Parkfield; Paso Robles; Petrolia; Sacramento; San Francisco; Santa Cruz; Sylmar)
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Benioff, Hugo
Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory
Heaton, Tom
Jing Yan
Kanamori, Hiroo
Press, Frank
camera, high-speed
Campbell River
Cao Xianqing
Mr. Earthquake
Cape Disappointment
Cape Flattery
Cape Mendocino
angle of fault debate
Cascadia Subduction Zone
Mendocino Triple Junction
San Andreas fault
San Francisco earthquake of 1906,
turbidite-landslide debate
westernmost point of land
Cape Mendocino earthquakes of 1992
aftershocks
Carver, Gary
casualties
Crescent City
CSZ
damage caused by
Dengler, Lori
epicenters
eyewitness account
Ferndale
ground displacement
magnitude
main shock
NOAA’s reaction
Petrolia
significance
subduction zone
tsunami
Cape Scott
Caribbean plate
Carver, Deborah
Carver, Gary
crustal compression, measuring
“decades of terror” scenario
earthquake history of CSZ
experience of Cape Mendocino earthquakes of 1992,
PG&E nuclear power plant
Cascade Arc
Cascadia earthquake and tsunami of 1700,
Aboriginal stories
date and time confirmed by scientists
estimate of magnitude
ghost forest, discovery of
orphan tsunami research
projected wave height
speed of tsunami crossing ocean
Cascadia fault (see under Cascadia Subduction Zone)
Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup (CREW)
Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ)
Cascadia fault
comparison of Cascadia, Alaska and Chile subduction zones
comparison of Cascadia and San Andreas faults
creation of Cascade Arc of volcanoes
CSZ quake compared with Hurricane Katrina
date and time of last Cascadia earthquake
earthquake triggering
extended timeline of CSZ events
first official announcement of Cascadia quake threat
ghost forest, discovery of
Juan de Fuca Subduction Zone
orphan tsunamis
parallels between Alpine and Cascadia faults
Queen Charlotte fault as segment of CSZ
recurrence interval for CSZ earthquakes
relationship between San Andreas and Cascadia faults
seismogenic zones
size and location
Central Aleutians Seismic Network
Melbourne, Timothy
Chairman Mao
Ch
ilean earthquake of 1960
aseismic question
Bakun, William
Benioff, Hugo
casualties
computer model
eyewitness accounts of tsunami waves
fault controversy
ground displacement
magnitude
main shock
new South American fault
Plafker, George
seafloor spreading
significance
subduction zone
tsunami casualties
tsunami wave height
Wang, Kelin
Chilean earthquake of 2010,
casualties
computer models
ground displacement, successful prediction of
magnitude
new building codes
public awareness
subduction zone
Wang, Kelin
China syndrome
China Syndrome, The (film)
Christchurch earthquake of 2011
casualties
magnitude
Clague, John
Coalinga earthquake of 1983, (see also Bakun, William; Lindh, Allan)
magnitude
Coast Range Mountains
mountain-tilting paper (Adams)
Cocos Island
Cocos plate
Collins, Tom
Columbia Bar
Columbia basin
Columbia River
computer models of tsunamis (see also bathymetry; wave tank experiment)
Goldfinger, Chris
Heaton, Tom
Jing Yan
Lynett, Patrick
Titov, Vasily
continental displacement (see continental drift debate)
continental drift debate (see also plate tectonics debate)
convection cell
convergent plate boundary
Copalis River
Corcoran, Patrick
demonstration of Seaside evacuation route
disaster preparedness
wave tank experiment
Corvallis
Cox, Dan
Crater Lake(see also Mount Mazama)
creepmeters
Crescent City tsunami of 1992
wave height
Crescent City tsunami of 2006
damage caused by
eyewitness accounts
Crosson, Robert
CSZ (see Cascadia Subduction Zone)
Cultural Revolution
D
damage caused by earthquakes and tsunamis (see under specific events)
fires
Darienzo, Mark
Dashiqiao
“decades of terror” scenario
deep-ocean buoys
Dengler, Lori
earthquake history of CSZ
experience of Cape Mendocino earthquakes of 1992
NOAA pays attention to CSZ
PG&E nuclear reactor
prediction debate
raising public awareness
Simeulue Island story
Tilly Smith story
Tohoku-Oki earthquake and tsunami of 2011,
Dennis, Robert
detection equipment
bottom pressure recorder (BPR)
creepmeters
seismographs
seismometers
tiltmeters
tsunameters
DeVall, Ron
documentaries
Quake Hunters
ShockWave
Douglas, Robb
Dragert, Herb
crustal compression, measuring
earthquake history of CSZ
earthquake triggering
episodic tremor and slip (ETS)
locked subduction zone debate
locked tectonic plates debate
Plate Boundary Observatory project
silent slip
Wilson, J. Tuzo
E
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory
Earthquake Prediction and Public Policy (see also prediction debate)
Earthquake Research Institute (Japan)
earthquake triggering
EarthScope
Plate Boundary Observatory project
SAFOD project
USArray
van der Vink, Greg
East Pacific Rise
Eel River
elastic rebound hypothesis
“Elvis” fault
epicenters
episodic tremor and slip (ETS)
Adams, John
Dragert, Herb
Goldfinger, Chris
Rogers, Garry
silent slip
Wang, Kelin
Eureka
new faults discovered
nuclear power plant
Ewa Beach
Explorer plate
eyewitness accounts
Alaskan earthquake and tsunami of 1964
Cape Mendocino earthquakes of 1992
Chilean tsunami of 1960
Crescent City tsunami of 1964
Crescent City tsunami of 2006
Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004
Kuril Islands earthquake of 2006
Mexico City earthquake of 1985
Port Alberni tsunami of 1964
Tohoku-Oki earthquake of 2011
F
false alarms, dealing with
fault plane solution
faults (see also San Andreas Fault)
active
Alpine (New Zealand)
blind
definition of
“Elvis,”
Hayward
Japan Trench
Jinzhou
Little Salmon
Queen Charlotte
strike-slip
subduction
thrust
Wecoma
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Jonientz-Trisler, Chris
Ferndale
Ferndale earthquake of 1975
threat to PG&E nuclear power plant
films
The China Syndrome
It’s a Wonderful Life
Krakatoa
Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR)
fold and thrust belt
Forbes, Yvonne
foreshocks (see also episodic tremor and slip)
fractures (see faults)
Fritts, Stephanie
full margin rupture
G
Gaetz, Simon
Gaetz, Yvette
Gang of Four
Geller, Robert J.
Geodolites
Geological Society of America (GSA) meetings
Geological Survey of Canada (GSC)
Adams, John
Dragert, Herb
Hyndman, Roy
Mazzotti, Stéphane
Riddihough, Robin
Rogers, Garry
Schmidt, Mike
Wang, Kelin
Weichert, Dieter
Geological Survey of Japan
Satake, Kenji
Geology
geometric discontinuity
Geos
ghost forests, discovery of
Copalis River
Glacial Lake Missoula
Golden Gate Bridge
Goldfinger, Chris
earthquake history of CSZ
earthquake triggering
episodic tremor and slip (ETS)
locked zone debate
mud-core sampling
oilfield technology techniques
prediction debate
recurrence interval for CSZ earthquakes
relationship between San Andreas and Cascadia faults
research cruises
research cruise to Sumatra
Tohoku-Oki earthquake of 2011,
turbidite-landslide debate
turbidite timeline
using c
omputer models to test ideas
wiggle-matching
Good Friday earthquake of 1964 (see Alaskan earthquake of 1964)
Gorda plate
Gorda Ridge
Grant, Wendy
Grantz, Arthur
Grays Harbor
great earthquakes, definition
Griggs, Gary
ground displacement (see under specific events)
Gu Haoding
Gutenberg, Beno
H
Haicheng earthquake of 1975, (see also Tangshan earthquake of 1976)
animal behavior
Cao Xianqing
casualties
China’s seismic prediction program
Cultural Revolution
damage to buildings
Dashiqiao
economic loss
epicenter
evacuation
foreshocks
Gang of Four
ground displacement
groundwater fluctuations
Gu Haoding
Jinxian Observatory
Jinzhou fault
population
Shipengyu Earthquake Observatory
skeptics
Wang, Kelin
world’s first successful prediction and evacuation
Yingkou County
Zhu Fengming
Haitian earthquake of 2010
Harper, Bob
Harris, Grady
Hartzell, Stephen
Hawaii
Ewa Beach
Hilo
Hayward fault
Heaton, Tom
CSZ compared to other subduction zones
locked tectonic plates debate
locked zone debate
quake effects on tall buildings, Seattle study
Heiken, Grant
Heritage Research Associates
Hilo
Hilo tsunami of 1946
Himalayas
Hokkaido
Hokkaido earthquake of 1993
Honshu
Hull, Don
Humboldt Bay
nuclear power plant
Humboldt State University (HSU)
Burke, Bud
Carver, Gary
Dengler, Lori
Stephens, Tom
Huu-ay-aht people
Hyndman, Roy
I
Ilwaco
Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004
Aceh province
Banda Aceh
casualties
computer models of
Langi village
Phuket
projecting Sumatra-size waves for Cascadia
Simeulue Island
wave heights
insurance
International Association of Geodesy
International Tsunami Survey Teams (ITST)
inundation zones
Israel, Bill
It’s a Wonderful Life (film)
J
Jackson, David
Japan(see also Aneyoshi Bay; Hokkaido; Honshu; Kuwagasaki; Minamisanriku; Sendai; Tanabe; Tokyo)
Ando, Miko
Earthquake Research Institute
Geller, Robert J.
historical earthquake and tsunami records
Kikuchi, Masayuki
Large-Scale Earthquake Countermeasures Act