A 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck about 143 miles southwest of Tofino, B.C., at around 5:53 a.m. A second 3.0 magnitude ...

Axial saw hundreds, then thousands of earthquakes every day in the months ... and despite the volcano’s location on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, it poses no danger of triggering the “Big One ...

1. Figure 1: Map of the northern Cascadia subduction zone showing the distribution of earthquakes in the subducting Juan de Fuca plate and the locations of seismic cross-sections. Green dashed line ...

Scientists discovered why earthquakes along mid-ocean ridges ... better known by the Spanish transcription of his name, Juan de Fuca (born 1536 on the Ionian island of Kefallonia; died there ...

SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — An earthquake struck near Snoqualmie Monday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The 3.5 magnitude quake hit just after 1 p.m. Monday near ...

The Earth's plates jostle about in fits and starts that are punctuated with earthquakes and volcanic ... comes to shaping the Earth. The tiny Juan de Fuca plate is largely responsible for the ...

The Ring of Fire is home to 75% of the world's volcanoes and 90% of its earthquakes ... North American, Juan de Fuca, Cocos, Caribbean, Nazca, Antarctic, Indian, Australian, Philippine, and ...

The Axial Seamount volcano is located about 300 miles west of Astoria along the Juan de Fuca Ridge — and this ... with increasing numbers of tiny earthquakes signaling magma movement beneath ...