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And the latest is off the the coast of Oregon. The Juan de Fuka area today@ 1600 hours.
Also, Southern California yesterday and then west coast of Mexico day before that.
I know nothing but what i see. And I'm looking for indications of a new developing pattern.
As this area has had minimal action, while the rest of the Pacific rim is and has been double firing.
Honshu off coast of Northern Japan is the most evident active area, and i assume it is also another plate subduction area
similar to the Cascade subduction area (about 500 miles in length) which is sometimes referred to as the Juan de Fuka
which is also the straights at the northern end.
The Pacific North Eastern seismologist are watching it all, but if i understand it correctly they are primarily concerned regarding significant
earthquake action along the subduction area. Which is about fifty miles off the coast from the Cape of Mendocino to Vancouver Island.
And inland Oregon such as the Willamette Valley are considered relatively quite seismic areas.
Along the coast it will be Tsunami's which will do the damage to the population centers if we are just considering humans. And actually other specie's are
not considered as significant, so they are not counted or indicated or mourned.
Maybe to put this in perspective California has mostly plates which slide against each other such as the Hayward or San Andreas and though different in action they can also generate very high seismic readings.
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