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The Cascadia subduction zone is a 960 km (600 mi) fault at a convergent plate boundary, about 110–160 km (70–100 mi) off the Pacific coast, that stretches from northern Vancouver Island in Canada to Northern California in the United States. It is capable of producing 9.0+ magnitude earthquakes and tsunamis that could reach 30 m (98 ft).
Cascadia Subduction Zone. The Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) "megathrust" fault is a 1,000 km long dipping fault that stretches from Northern Vancouver Island to Cape Mendocino California. It separates the Juan de Fuca and North America plates. New Juan de Fuca plate is created offshore along the Juan de Fuca ridge.
Cascadia. The Cascadia subduction zone extends from northern California to southern British Columbia, from well offshore to eastern Washington and Oregon. It contains many features of a textbook subduction zone, with the exception of having extraordinarily low earthquake rates. Seven of its volcanoes have erupted since the start of the 18th ...
Oct 23, 2017 · A University of Washington research project, to be presented Oct. 24 at the Geological Society of America’s annual meeting in Seattle, simulates 50 different ways that a magnitude-9.0 earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone could unfold. “There had been just a handful of detailed simulations of a magnitude-9 Cascadia earthquake, and it ...
Jul 13, 2015 · The “Cascadia” part of its name comes from the Cascade Range, a chain of volcanic mountains that follow the same course a hundred or so miles inland. The “subduction zone” part refers to a ...
Aug 5, 2018 · The Cascadia subduction zone is a region where two tectonic plates are colliding. The Juan de Fuca , a small oceanic plate, is being driven under the North American plate, atop which the ...
Jul 5, 2022 · Cascadia Data. This database is a compilation of several available onshore and offshore geologic, paleoseismic, geophysical, and instrumental datasets along the Cascadia subduction zone. Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details. Data for the hazards of the Cascadia Subduction Zone – tsunamis, landslides, site amplification, turbidites ...
