UW Emergency Management

August 19, 2015

Feb. 6, 2016: Our Big Earthquake Prediction Date!?

Recently, the New Yorker magazine ran a feature article about the threat of a catastrophic earthquake devastating the entire Pacific NW due a rupture of the Cascadia Subduction Zone.  While the article and resulting press coverage was somewhat sensationalized, the good thing is that public attention has been drawn again to this major threat to our lives and livelihoods.  However, there are rumors circulation about FEMA acually predicting that it will happen on February 6, 2016 at 9:41 am.  This is both impossible and not true.  Click here for the real scoop on how that rumor came about and what you can do NOW to prepare for the “Big One” —  no matter what date and time it may occur.