New tsunami evacuation maps released for 4 Washington coastal areas
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has published new maps to help residents in four coastal areas safely evacuate in the event of a tsunami.
The new maps, produced by DNR's Washington Geological Survey, shows the times it would take to evacuate on foot from the tsunami zones caused by a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake.
The maps are colored to indicate how many minutes it would take to walk to safety from the inundation zone in Port Townsend, Long Beach and Seaview, Ilwaco and Westport, assuming a slow walking pace of 2.46 miles per hour.
Waves from a Cascadia earthquake-induced tsunami could reach coastal areas like Long Beach or Westport in as soon as 15 minutes after the earthquake starts.
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