The economic impact of possible Cascadia earthquake: Tuesday business roundup

A car sits atop a wave-battered building in Tohoku, Japan, after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami there. Experts say that a magnitude-9.0 quake and tsunami could cause more than $30 billion in losses to the Oregon economy.Rich Read/The Oregonian

When, not if, a magnitude-9.0 quake strikes -- let alone an
accompanying tsunami -- Oregon will face the greatest challenge in its
history, the state earthquake commission said in a 290-page draft report
released Monday to The Oregonian.