Earthquake PNW?

Question

They are predicting a giant (9+!!) subduction zone earthquake for the Pacific Northwest which is an exact duplicate of the type that caused the tsunami quake in Indonesia.
First, what will happen to my one floor house in such an earthquake if it falls off its foundation? It is not strapped to the foundation. I have a crawlspace. Will the attic fall in and collapse the ceiling totally. Will we be badly injured? My house is in the Portland area 70 miles from the coast. My house is built on a solid giant gravel deposit from the Lake Misoula flood. The earthquake will occur in the subduction zone fault about 100 miles off the coast.

Also, what will happen to the three cities of Portland, Seattle and Vancouver BC?
What happened to highrises in the Indonesian earthquake if any? I never heard about the effects of the earthquake itself from that.
Thanks

Answer 1

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Answer 2

I'm in the San Francisco area, 5 miles as the crow flies from the ocean, and my house is built on bedrock. Good to know there's another Big One coming. We're always ready to rock n' roll in these parts.

I don't have a clue what will happen to you. It all depends on where the quake strikes and what kind of quake it is.

Gravel deposits can liquefy, can't they? Well, they can become saturated, anyway. You'd not catch me living on a gravel deposit down here. No one would build a house on a gravel deposit. That's just craziness.

Don't freak about the giant quake, darlin'. They don't come very often. Really. I've lived here all my life and only been in a couple really large quakes--and never been hurt. Truly, tornadoes and hurricanes are MUCH scarier and come MUCH more often then killer quakes.

Oh and i don't think Indonesia had any highrises that were in the tsunami zone. Nah. It hit low-rise touristy areas and the small towns and villages where ordinary Indonesians lived.

Answer 3

yellowstone would be wonderful, the earthquake replaced into lots weaker than the single that brought about the unfavorable tsunami 4 years in the past(4 or 5). yellowstone is likewise exceedingly a procedures inland there are buoys located for the period of the sea that locate water displacement. now its a waiting interest till the buoys sign misery or do no longer. the earthquake replaced into certainly offshore, so we ought to now wait and see what occurs.