The Cascadia Subduction Zone, which is a 600-mile-wide fault system extending from Northern California to Vancouver Island, Canada, is the epicenter of a potentially disastrous seismic event. A ...
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(a) Geological units and earthquake distribution of an oceanic subduction zone. The orange shadow beneath the volcanic arc represents partially molten areas and magma channels. (b) Thermal structure ...
EUGENE, Ore. (NBC) -- When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five minutes, and tsunami waves as tall as 100 feet could ...