Cascadia Subduction Zone, one of Earth's top hazards, comes into sharper focus
Oregon and northern California lies a 600 mile-long strip where the Pacific Ocean floor is slowly diving eastward under North ...
KOIN Portland on MSN9 个月
Cascadia Subduction Zone study reveals area at particular risk for massive quake
(KOIN) – A new study mapping the Cascadia Subduction Zone is giving ... To map the 700-mile zone, stretching from Northern ...
EurekAlert!2 年
Subduction zone diagram (IMAGE)
A subduction zone is created where two plates converge, with one sinking into the mantle. Dynamics along the plate interface create earthquakes, magma generated above the sinking slab leads to ...
Simon Fraser University3 年
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.
LA Times on MSN6 天
These California coastal cities face heightened flood danger from a tsunami, data show
The risk of damaging flooding from a major tsunami may be greater than many realized along stretches of California's renowned ...