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OMSI Science Pub: Reckoning With the Big One
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Science Pubs are a casual lecture series located in fun venues across the region. Grab a drink and get comfy as you learn about the consequences of a local 9.0 earthquake in Reckoning With the Big One.
The Pacific Northwest is rocked by the same kinds of giant earthquakes and tsunamis that wreaked such havoc in Japan in 2011 and the Indian Ocean in 2004. But these severe hazards are underappreciated because the last event happened 325 years ago. Unlike California, Oregon lacks many moderate-sized earthquakes in between Big Ones to act as reminders that this is earthquake country. The vast majority of Oregon’s infrastructure was built before even geologists recognized how big our Big Ones could be. That means almost all the essential infrastructure in the Willamette Valley and westward is at risk, and some infrastructure failures will themselves create cascading disasters. When (NOT if) the next magnitude 9 earthquake strikes the Pacific Northwest, it will trigger the worst disaster in U.S. history.
Science Pubs are a casual lecture series located in fun venues across the region. Grab a drink and settle in as you learn about the consequences of a local 9.0 earthquake in Reckoning With the Big One.
Recommended for ages 10 and over.