Two very different sources threaten the city: the shallow Seattle Fault runs straight beneath it, while the Cascadia subduction zone offshore last ruptured in January 1700 in an event recorded by a tsunami on the coast of Japan.
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Living within 200 km of the city centre
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Subduction Zone
Major plate boundary with high strain accumulation
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Active vents and Holocene volcanic structures within the monitored boundary (Seattle) · 7
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