The Big One
"The Big One" is a term often used in casual conversation by residents of California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia to describe the megathrust earthquake anticipated as inevitably striking the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The name has also been applied to a megathrust earthquake expected to happen in Tokyo, KantÅ region, Japan with the epicenter in Sagami Bay where the Philippine Sea Plate and North American Plate movements cause big earthquakes regularly, with an interval of approximately 70 years.
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Famous quotes containing the words big one and/or big:
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—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
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—Lawrence Balter (20th century)