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A mega-earthquake could strike the Pacific Northwest any day — and we're not prepared

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Two tectonic plates are building tension that could erupt at any moment in the Pacific Northwest .

The Cascadia subduction zone produces an immense earthquake every 200 to 500 years .

A magnitude 9 quake releases about 32 times as much energy as a magnitude 8 but about a million times more energy than a magnitude 5 .

The closest thing in human memory to the Big One occurred in Japan in 2011 .

Much of western Oregon and Washington may be without electricity, internet, cell service, or drinking water in the days following a megaquake.

In certain areas, it could be more than two weeks before help arrives because landslides, sinkholes, bridge collapses, and other damage to roads could make travel impossible.

"People that we're counting on to be first responders may very well be victims".

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