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by int_19h 3621 days ago
Also, speaking of other faults, WA also has the smaller, but much more shallow, Seattle fault. Because it's so much closer to the surface, and right under the city, it can potentially do more localized damage than Cascadia.

(There are other dangerous faults like that in Puget Sound region, but Seattle fault gets special attention because of how many densely populated Seattle metro areas sit literally right on top of it.)