Tree rings also hold records of earthquakes. Near Seattle, the Lab used trees killed in a landslide and fallen logs discovered in a nearby lake to confirm that a mega earthquake shook the Pacific Northwest in 1699-1700 and generated a tsunami, likely the “orphan tsunami” that reached Japan in 1700. Photo courtesy of Gordon Jacoby
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