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Mendocino

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2. There are many plates

Reply to Baclava (Original post)

Fri Dec 18, 2020, 02:17 PM

Dec 2020

in that area and adjacent to:

Antarctic
South American
Scotia
Shetland
Sandwich

The Mendocino Triple Junction (MTJ) in Northern California is another active zone. That includes the Juan De Fuca, Pacific and the North American plates. That will be the "big one", when the Cascade region shifts.

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2020 not over yet...Antarctica rocked by 30,000 tremors in 3 months [View all] Baclava Dec 2020 OP

welp, that does it... FirstLight Dec 2020 #1

There are many plates Mendocino Dec 2020 #2

The subduction zone off the coast of Oregon and Washington is overdue for a massive quake. roamer65 Dec 2020 #4

Yup. Here's an excellent book on the subject: Trailrider1951 Dec 2020 #10

The last one Mendocino Dec 2020 #11

Yeah, and as the ice and glaciers melt, the pressure on those plates is reduced csziggy Dec 2020 #9

It's due to the lightening ice load. roamer65 Dec 2020 #3

That's where I remember the volcano thing from! Baclava Dec 2020 #5

Gonna be a very interesting next 100 years. roamer65 Dec 2020 #7

Lol. Wish I'd read the comments before making my own. aidbo Dec 2020 #14

That's about the only natural disaster left on the 2020 bingo card RussBLib Dec 2020 #6

I'm surprised we haven't had a Mount Tambora style eruption like in 1815. roamer65 Dec 2020 #8

Kicked and bookmarked! smirkymonkey Dec 2020 #12

I think I read somewhere... aidbo Dec 2020 #13

Definitely true. roamer65 Dec 2020 #17

The ice was holding it.once enough of it is gone the volcanoes Fullduplexxx Dec 2020 #15

Just Mother Earth having a little stretch. jeffreyi Dec 2020 #16