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(KOIN) – A new study mapping the Cascadia Subduction Zone is giving scientists clues ... the fault is between the down-going ...
The Cascadia subduction zone, where the oceanic Juan de Fuca plate descends beneath the overlying North American plate, extends 1100 km from northern California to northern Vancouver Island.
The Cascadia subduction zone stretches from northern California all the way to ... According to Sobieszczyk, Southern California is prone to big earthquakes because of a tectonic plate boundary that ...
The Cascadia Subduction Zone is capable of generating "megathrust ... North American, and Juan de Fuca plates converge. Geologists note this region is seismically active, but today’s event ...
OKANOGAN, Wash. — A 3.0 magnitude earthquake struck early Wednesday morning near Okanogan.
Did you feel it? The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN) says a 3.0 magnitude earthquake hit near Okanogan Wednesday ...
With a massive Cascadia subduction zone earthquake looming in the Pacific Northwest, Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill ...
Tsunamis have hit Washington and the Puget Sound region in the past, and they will happen again in the future.
Image 0: Me collecting sediment cores in Netarts Bay, Oregon. The Cascadia Subduction Zone, which spans from British Columbia to Northern California, periodically experiences megathrust earthquakes M ...
At the confluence of multiple tectonic plates, on the Pacific Ring of ... The region is also at risk for a catastrophic Cascadia subduction zone earthquake, potentially registering anywhere ...
Map shows the Cascadia Subduction Zone along the Pacific Northwest coast, with a shaded area encompassing the onshore and offshore areas where seismometers were located. Data from the seismometers ...
Wildfires and hurricanes are dominating the disaster spotlight, but the threat of a massive earthquake still simmers beneath the surface in the Pacific Northwest. The National Science Foundation ...