FEMA Region 10 planned a 2016 exercise called Cascadia Rising based on a hypothetical magnitude 9.0 Pacific Northwest earthquake followed by a major tsunami.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent government and news sources including DVIDS, KNKX, and Washington Military Department, consistently describing the same exercise details. [tier=gold indep_score=0.867 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- If You Think You're Safe From Earthquakes, You May Be ... (seed:environment_and_wildlife)
- https://www.dvidshub.net/feature/cascadiarising16 (corroboration)
- https://www.knkx.org/environment/2016-06-05/cascadia-rising-earthquake-drill-will-test-northwest-readiness-for-the-big-one (corroboration)
- https://mil.wa.gov/news/state-federal-partners-launch-cascadia-rising-exercise (corroboration)