SALEM / FEBRUARY 21, 2022 – Last week the Oregon Department of Human Services Office of Resilience and Emergency Management showcased their plans for disaster mitigation and earthquake safety training in response to the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake in Oregon. Currently, scientists are predicting that there is about a 37 percent chance that a megathrust earthquake of 7.1+ magnitude in the Cascadia fault zone will occur in the next 50 years.