Did you feel it? 3.0 magnitude earthquake reported in east King County
A 3.0 magnitude earthquake shook the ground in far east King County on Tuesday morning. The Puget Sound Seismic Network (PNSN ...
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Plate Tectonics
The tiny Juan de Fuca plate is largely responsible for the volcanoes that dot the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The plates make up Earth's outer shell, called the lithosphere.
Canada Is Bizarrely Shaking—and It Might Be Creating a New Ocean Crust
These rumblings are likely caused by "impending magmatic rupture," a cyclical process where the Earth creates new seafloor ...
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The Cascadia Subduction Zone
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.
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Topic: Juan de Fuca
A tsunami warning has been lifted after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit offshore Cape Mendocino in Northern California Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. U.S. News // 2 years ago FEMA ...