Hi David, Earthquake and Tsunami forecasting is far away from being feasible on short time scales. Thus, scientist are assessing the long-term hazard in earthquake- prone regions. Arguing that HOT should map the Cascadia region because of a 20% chance in 50 years for a destructive earthquake would in consequence mean that HOT should map all regions close to major subduction zones (many of them have even higher chances for large earthquakes). While is it certainly desirable to have detailed maps available when a catastrophic event hits an area, I would argue it makes more sense for HOT to focus on emergency situations like the Haiyan case or the past Haiti earthquake. The resources are too limited to fully map all earthquake-prone areas.
Cheers -danijel On Tuesday, November 19, 2013 09:06:01 PM David Hiers wrote: > Hello, > > The current estimate is that there is up a 20% chance that the coastal areas > of North America from Eureka, California to Port Hardy, British Columbia > will experience a major quake in the next 50 years: > > http://oregongeology.org/sub/earthquakes/Coastal/OFR95-67.pdf > > Vancouver BC, Seattle, and Portland would pretty much be flattened. > > Would this event be considered within the scope of HOT? > > Best Regards, > > David _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
