I DVRed this weekend something called I believe "Megaquake: The Japan Quake" or a similar title that was either on the history channel or Discovery I believe. After giving a good account of what happened they went on to speak about the faults off of Seattle and Vancouver in the ocean being very very similar to the ones that went off in Japan that caused the 9.0 Earthquake and tsunami and nuclear meltdowns there.
The Seismologist was saying because of the movement sideways of Japan and the sinking of Japan up to 3 or 4 feet vertically it also might set off the similar faults that are directly connected to the ones in japan next to Seattle and Vancouver with similar results. No one knows for sure or even if or when exactly. However, I agree that with that much movement in Chile, then New Zealand and Now Japan it is very likely that something is going to give within the next 1 to 5 years somewhere along the North american Pacific coast between Alaska and the Aleutians and Mexico with at least a 7.0 or above. Hopefully, it isn't near a highly populated area.
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