Great Earthquakes of the Pacific Northwest

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters offer it as a dry but fascinating, hype-free introduction to Cascadia earthquake risk and the evidence for past events.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Central Washington University

Topic

cascadia earthquakes

Format

lecture

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

5

HN mentions in dataset

7

Recommendation years in dataset

2020–2025

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From the original HN conversations

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• Here is an excellent lecture on the subject from CWU professor Nick Zenter. If you watch this there is a good chance you'll decide to watch all of his lecture on the channel. Very enthralling. [VIDEO]

• I'm a big fan already. I actually found him from his Cascadia Earthquake video: [VIDEO] (on the University channel) I highly suggest others check him out too if you're into this stuff.

• If you have 70 minutes of free time on the weekend and want to see one of the greatest geology communicators at their best, Nick Zentner did a lecture at the CWU on Pacific Northwest earthquakes that goes into decent depth about this past quake …