FEMA Region 10 planned a 2016 exercise called Cascadia Rising based on a hypothetical magnitude 9.0 Pacific Northwest earthquake followed by a major tsunami.
Sources
- If You Think You're Safe From Earthquakes, You May Be ... (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://www.dvidshub.net/feature/cascadiarising16 (dvidshub.net)
- https://www.knkx.org/environment/2016-06-05/cascadia-rising-earthquake-drill-will-test-northwest-readiness-for-the-big-one (knkx.org)
- https://mil.wa.gov/news/state-federal-partners-launch-cascadia-rising-exercise (mil.wa.gov)
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