The recent earthquake in Turkey has reminded me yet again that we’re all gonna die in the coming Cascadia subduction zone quake. I know this will be caused by the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate, but who ...
The Juan de Fuca and Gorda plates offshore of the Pacific Northwest. The plate moves eastward from the midocean ridge and spreading center on the plate's western edge to the trench on the eastern ...
A new look at the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate beneath the coast of northern Oregon suggests this subducting slab is shallower than previously thought, with impacts on potential peak ground shaking ...
USGS scientist Erin Wirth deploys nodal seismometers in northern Oregon. The goal of this study is to better understand the hazards associated with the Cascadia Subduction Zone. A new look at the Juan ...
A peek into the curious geology of the Pacific Northwest helps tease apart what may happen when the last bits of an oceanic plate get swallowed up. Scientists on board the R/V Thomas G. Thompson ...
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