6.8 Quake off Northern California
6.8 Quake off Northern California
(OP)
Here's a link to the USGS info: USGS Link.
Not too close to any major cities but I wonder if there will be follow-up events along the fault line further south.
Not too close to any major cities but I wonder if there will be follow-up events along the fault line further south.






RE: 6.8 Quake off Northern California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendocino_Triple_Junc...
RE: 6.8 Quake off Northern California
It's at the southern tip of the Cascadia Subduction Zone and the Juan De Fuca plate. A larger one in this location could rip the whole fault line all the way to Vancouver Island. This scenario would be "the big one".
Not good... for me, among others.
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: 6.8 Quake off Northern California
Time to update my battery stockpile.
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: 6.8 Quake off Northern California
http://www.crew.org/sites/default/files/cascadia_s...
Dik
RE: 6.8 Quake off Northern California
Earthquakes beget earthquakes... Mike's right; None are dismissable. I think our friends on the West Coast of Canada & the US may very well be in for the big one sooner rather than later.
RE: 6.8 Quake off Northern California
it is difficult to monitor sub sea activity since instrumentation is all on land. you cant triangulate very accurately.
The last event was in 1700 and the average recurrence interval of Cascadia megathrust events is estimated to be 550-years. Not sure how accurate that number is, but it could certainly happen in the next few centuries.
http://www.cascadiahazards.org/index.php?option=co...
RE: 6.8 Quake off Northern California
RE: 6.8 Quake off Northern California
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: 6.8 Quake off Northern California
https://us-mg6.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand=66c...
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering