News Analysis: East Pacific Ocean’s Cascadia Fault May Create A Mega-Earthquake with Tsunamis reaching across the Ocean to Japan (as was the case in 1700). The stronger North America Plate is colliding with the Juan De Fuca and Gorda Tectonic Plates. Scientists predict the North America Plate which is being pushed down by the other two Plates will “Snap Back” and create an Earthquake of approximately 9.0 Magnitude. A Seismic Event of 9.0 Scale would be devastating to the entire West Coast of North America many Geologists think. Major Corporations up and down the West Coast may be heavily impacted.
In the past, an Earthquake occurred along the North West Coast of America and immediately thereafter a Major Air Frame moved its Headquarters elsewhere (while denying their fears about the Event). Manufacturers should be heavily impacted by such an Event so “Short Selling” in Stock Markets may be beneficial for those Investors who move decisively.
In Seriatim Fashion, some Scientists say that “Cascadia” could further trigger the Infamous San Andreas Fault which extends from the Pacific Ocean off of San Francisco, under it, proceeds to Central California and veers in a South-Easterly Direction towards Mexico. It is well known now that the Southern Half of the San Andreas Fault System is long overdue for a Rupture.
To those who have invested their monies in Corporations located in ‘Silicon Valley’, California, as we have stated before: “The Certainty of a Major Earthquake UNDERNEATH IT is 100%; The Timing Of Its Occurrence is of a Lesser Percentage (not much Consolation for Wise Investors).
Reality.
Reference: http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-triple-junction-quakes-20140312,0,3091845,full.story