Newly-discovered 50-mile fault line in Canada could cause massive TSUNAMI in northwestern US if it ruptures
Scientists have found an approximately 45-mile-long fracture in the Earth that runs through British Columbia in Canada and escaped detection for thousands of years.
Experts suspect that because of the layout of the fault it could spark a large earthquake in Canada.
The quake's effects could generate a tsunami in the area around the Georgia Basin, which could hit parts of Washington, as well as British Columbia.
The discovery was made by a team that included Nick Harrichhausen, a postdoctoral researcher at the Université Grenoble Alpes in France.