the fault line in the pnw is so deep that the oblivious people that live there dont notice the several large scale quakes that occur there every year. not like socal, when if the fault hiccups... you feel it. the line is part of the ring of fire that pretty much defines the pacific. hell, i learned that in 6th grade pnw history... if your from there you should remember the segway from how the makahs like to hunt whales to how one day the oly penn will one day be an island with port angeles being its capital. and when that happens, the beautifull view that my gramma has out of here picture window of mountain rainier will all be ruined.