"It's only in the past ten years that scientists have discovered that the Pacific Northwest is earthquake country. In Living with Earthquakes, Robert Yeats, a leading authority on earthquake geology in California and the Pacific Northwest, describes the threat posed by one of the world's great earthquake faults - the Cascadia Subduction Zone - which runs for hundreds of miles offshore from British Columbia to northern California." "Beginning with a brief introduction to the geological setting of earthquakes, Yeats leads readers through a lively and lucid narrative that: analyzes earthquake potential in the Pacific Northwest, explores topics ranging from earthquake forecasting to the danger from tsunamis, describes the current level of earthquake preparedness and disaster response, and suggests actions that citizens can take to protect their families and homes."--Jacket.