Studies include Leland, Ozette
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 3:10pm
By Tom Banse
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Multiple teams of earthquake researchers are looking in what might seem like an unlikely place to figure out how strongly the Pacific Northwest shook during great quakes in the past.
They’re poking around the bottom of lakes in Western Washington — including Lake Leland in Jefferson County and Clallam County’s Lake Ozette — as well as in Oregon.
It turns out lakes preserve a earthquake record that can shed light on the next “Really Big One.”
Read more at this link: https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/scientists-probe-northwest-lakes-to-learn-about-quakes/