Great Earthquakes of the Pacific Northwest on HackerTube: recommended by 5 Hacker News commenters across 5 separate months, 2020–2025.
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Geologist Nick Zentner of Central Washington University gives an hour-long public lecture on the great earthquakes of the Pacific Northwest, including the Cascadia subduction zone and the evidence for past megaquakes. It is part of his Downtown Geology Lecture Series, recorded in Ellensburg in 2016.
HN commenters offer it as a dry but fascinating, hype-free introduction to Cascadia earthquake risk and the evidence for past events.
“It's better than most TV if you've got the time.”
7 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
If you have 70 minutes of free time on the weekend and want to see one of the greatest geology communicators at their best, Nick Zentner did a lecture at the CWU on Pacific Northwest earthquakes that goes into decent depth about this past quake and tsunami: ▶ this video It's better than most TV if you've got the time.
in “Orphan tsunami of 1700–Japanese clues to a parent earthquake in America (2015)” · View on HN
I'm a big fan already. I actually found him from his Cascadia Earthquake video: ▶ this video (on the University channel) I highly suggest others check him out too if you're into this stuff.
in “Why star dunes are rarely recognised in the rock record” · View on HN
Here is an excellent lecture on the subject from CWU professor Nick Zenter. If you watch this there is a good chance you'll decide to watch all of his lecture on the channel. Very enthralling. ▶ this video
in “1700 Cascadia Earthquake” · View on HN
Here in seattle, volcanoes feel like an afterthought attached to the thing that's actually scary, which is the Cascadia Subduction Zone[1]. There's an hour long presentation from CWU [2] that's dry but fascinating, and pretty free of popsci FUD. When the CSZ eventually goes, it's gonna be truly catastrophic. [1] [link] [2] ▶ this video
in “Washington's 'forgotten giant' volcano stirs” · View on HN
You should look into the supporting data before making comments like this. The evidence for the timeline of past Cascadia zone megaquakes is actually quite solid. We can even corroborate the records from North American samples with samples from Japan when the resulting tsunamis caused damage there. This is a good introduction if you want to know more: ▶ this video
in “Disaster prepping is mainstream again” · View on HN
Bizarre...I just watched this video this evening. "Great Earthquakes of the Pacific Northwest" ▶ this video
in “Multifault earthquake threat for Seattle region revealed by mass tree mortality” · View on HN
Links for the lazy: [link] Supervolcanoes in the Pacific Northwest: [link] Great Earthquakes of the Pacific Northwest: ▶ this video Supercontinents and the Pacific Northwest: [link]
in “New Geologic Map Reveals Portland's Deep History” · View on HN