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How many tectonic plates does Earth have?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 8 months agoMap of Earth's principal tectonic plates. Earth's lithosphere. Major and minor plates. arrows indicate direction of movement at plate boundaries. Vector...
Scientists find weird holes on the ocean floor spewing ancient fluids 'like a fire hose'
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agofluid spewing from the seafloor off Oregon Holes spewing warm fluids from the boundary between...
California quake occurred in very seismically active region
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe big earthquake that rocked the far north coast of California on Tuesday originated in an area...
M6.0 earthquake strikes offshore of Vancouver Island Thursday morning
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck offshore of Vancouver Island Thursday morning. There is currently...
A Disaster the Size of Multiple Katrinas Is Building Off Washington’s Coast
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn the north shore of Washington’s wild Olympic Peninsula, a scimitar-shaped sandspit called Ediz Hook arcs for three miles into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. At its tip, between snowy mountains ...
Earthquake near Seattle could produce massive 20ft tsunami within minutes, state warns
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIf a major earthquake were to hit off the coast of Seattle, the resulting tremors could send a...
4.9 magnitude earthquake recorded near Port Hardy, B.C., no tsunami threat
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA 4.9 magnitude earthquake was detected off the coast of Vancouver Island just after 8 p.m. on...
Magnitude 4.4 earthquake hits northwest Oregon
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOregon was shaken by an earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale, early estimates from the United States Geological Survey(USGS) say. The quake...
Could a WA volcano erupt again in our lifetime? What would happen and how you can prepare
Tri-City Herald via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe most destructive volcanic eruption in United States history happened less than half a century...
The West Coast can’t escape the ‘big one’ — but the scale of its destruction is up to us
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAmerica’s Pacific coast is crisscrossed with geological fault lines, some which are historically...
