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The Calm Before the Wave
Oregon :: Offshore lies a fault that in centuries past has triggered large earthquakes—and tsunamis that swamped the coast. These houses at Cannon Beach sit just inside an evacuation zone based on a worst-case scenario. As the world’s coasts get more crowded, geologists are finding that tsunamis occur more often than once thought.
Photograph by John Stanmeyer
Via: nationalgeographic