Will an Impending Earthquake "Devastate Seattle"? About That Terrifying New Yorker Article

While seismology may seem to take us somewhat afield from our usual concerns at Evolution News & Views, the manipulation of science in the service of some unstated cultural or philosophical agenda is very much on topic. So I'll mention the science story of the month here in the Pacific Northwest. No, it's not Pluto. It is earthquakes and tsunamis, occasioned by a devastatingly vivid article in The New Yorker by Kathryn Schulz.

The Northwest indeed faces a very serious, off-coast subduction-z...