The Next Tsunami: Living on a Restless Coast

Not until the late 1990s could scientists fix the date, hour, and magnitude of the Pacific Northwest coast's last megathrust earthquake: 9 p.m., January 26, 1700, magnitude 9.0—one of the largest quakes the world has known. When the next one strikes the tsunami it generates is likely to be the most devastating natural disaster in the history of the US.