The document summarizes recent earthquake activity worldwide, including a 7.9 magnitude earthquake that struck Costa Rica. It triggered tsunami warnings throughout Central and South America. The earthquake was centered about 50 miles south of Liberia, Costa Rica at a depth of 12.4 miles. A Caribbean-wide tsunami watch was issued as earthquakes of this size have the potential to generate destructive, widespread tsunamis that can affect coastlines across the entire Caribbean region.
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Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country
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A few minutes of intense shaking, followed by a devastating tsunami, producing widespread destruction. FEMA's best-case scenario, 13,000 people will lose their lives, (Schultz, 2015). The question is not if it's going to happen, it's when. The countdown to catastrophe is on for the Pacific Northwest. We're talking about the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Throughout this paper, I will discuss the who, what, where, when, and how this overdue megaquake will strike.
The Cascadia subduction zone is a 620-mile-long crack in the earth's crust. It is in the pacific northwest where the North American tectonic plate meets the Juan de Fuca plate, (Tarbuck, Lutgens, Tasa, 2017). Tectonic plates are pieces of crust that move across the earth's surface over millions of years, (Oskin, 2015). The subduction zone is where two tectonic plates meet. One eventually bends underneath the other, which is what we see in the North Pacific. The Juan de Fuca plate is sliding under the weaker, North American plate. Eventually, the North American plate will buckle, result in a devastating earthquake, followed by massive Tsunami.
Subduction zones are found all along the edge of the Pacific in what is called, "The ring of fire." Off the coasts of Washington, Canada, Alaska, Russia, and Indonesia birthed the most devastating earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions in history, (Oskin, 2015). The bigger the subduction zone, the higher magnitude of the earthquake. A subduction zone earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 or greater will likely produce a tsunami. The Cascadia subduction zone is a big one. It runs 620 miles long and 62 miles wide. It has all the ingredients necessary to produce massive devastation.
So how do we know that the Pacific Northwest is in danger? Tsunamis are a direct result of an earthquake, volcanic eruption or a massive landslide. The once dubbed, "Orphan Tsunami," hit the eastern coast of Japan on January 27th, 1700, (Atwater et al., 2015). The year 1700 in the Pacific Northwest was considered prehistory, meaning there were no written records of events. Japan, on the other hand, have produced numerous ancient writings of stories that told of flooded fields, wrecked houses, fire, a shipwreck, and evacuations. The Japanese knew that tsunamis were a result of an earthquake, and because they didn't feel any shaking prior, they called the event a high tide. At the time, it wasn't known that tsunamis could occur from earthquakes that happened from faraway lands. Outsiders of Northwestern North America scarcely knew of its existence. At that time, leading European geographers left that part of the map blank. So, for this mystery, the Japanese didn't even know the Pacific Northwest existed, much less that it had produced the earthquake that generated the tsunami, (Atwater et al., 2015).
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Latest Earthquake Activity Worldwide
1. Latest Earthquake Activity Worldwide
This page is dedicated to bring in the latest news feeds of the most recent earthquake
activity. We recognize these as being similar to birth pangs of a pregnant woman
according to the Bible. We have connected RSS (really simple syndication) feeds on this
subject, to be placed automatically as it happens, so we can see current activity! The
whole purpose is to reinforce our awareness as to what time of earth’s history we are
living in!
http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/ A Massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck
northwestern Costa Rica on Wednesday triggering tsunami warnings up and down the
rim of Central and South America, the U.S. Geological Survey said.The major quake near
the Pacific coast was centered about 50 miles south of Liberia, Costa Rica, and was at a
depth of 12.4 miles. A Caribbean-wide tsunami watch is in effect, the Pacific Tsunami
Warning Center said.”Earthquakes of this size have the potential to generate a
widespread destructive tsunami that can affect coastlines across the entire Caribbean
region,” the warning center said.
http://news.yahoo.com/strong-earthquake-hits-costa-rica-145649566.html
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