The Department of Natural Resource’s Geological Survey has released a series of Tsunami Evacuation maps for coastal areas of Washington. The Port Townsend map (2019) prints as a large poster, but we’ve made a smaller version that you can download here. Take a look and find your evacuation route if a tsunami is approaching. If its from the Big One (M 8-9) on the Cascadia Subduction Zone, you’ll have nearly two hours of response time; if its from a local crustal earthquake on the Whidby-Camino fault zone, if could be just minutes before it arrives on our beaches and bays. Get to high ground!
Category: Pacific Northwest geology
Resource Book – Geology Underfoot in Western Washington
Dave Tucker has re-published (2019) Geology Underfoot in Western Washington. The book features several dozen field trips to exciting geologic sites in our region.
By the way, if you google search “book geology underfoot” you will see guides for MANY places in this continent.
Link to past Tucker speaking event…