Video: Massive West Coast earthquake generates tsunami over 300 years ago
Jan 25, 2016, 8:56 AM | Updated: 11:00 am
The estimated magnitude-9.0 Cascadia earthquake of Jan. 26, 1700 was located about 150 miles off the coast from northern Vancouver Island to Cape Mendocino. (NOAA)
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More than 300 years ago the biggest earthquake on record hit the West Coast.
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The estimated magnitude-9.0 Cascadia earthquake of Jan. 26, 1700 was located about 150 miles off the coast from northern Vancouver Island to Cape Mendocino.
The National Weather Service released a model animation of what the resulting tsunami looked like.
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