The epicenter of the historical Seattle earthquake can be located using paleoseismic data
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Paleoseismic and geological data, such as coastal subsidence, tsunami deposits, and deformed marine terraces, are standard tools used to locate and analyze historical earthquakes on faults like the Seattle fault zone.
Evidence for · 3
Diatoms as an aid in identifying late-Holocene tsunami deposits
1996 · cited by 132
Diatom analyses of Holocene deposits help identify tsunami and earthquake sources and locations in the Puget Sound area.
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Supplemental Material: Deformed submarine terraces in Puget Sound, Pacific Northwest, indicate only one M >~7.5 earthquake on the Seattle fault zone in the past 11,000 yr
2026 · cited by 1
Deformed submarine terraces and related paleoseismic data provide evidence regarding major earthquakes on the Seattle fault zone.
Supplemental Material: Deformed submarine terraces in Puget Sound, Pacific Northwest, indicate only one M >~7.5 earthquake on the Seattle fault zone in the past 11,000 yr
2026 · cited by 0
Paleoseismic investigations of submarine features in Puget Sound shed light on large historical earthquakes on the Seattle fault zone.