Why is the Pacific Northwest coast moving to the northeast?

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  • @TyllerBoom
    @TyllerBoom 5 дней назад +246

    I live in Washington State and I can confirm the existing growing stress.

    • @TheTruthHurts565
      @TheTruthHurts565 3 дня назад +12

      Somehow, I don't think that you and her are talking about the same kinds of stress? Lol 😆 🤣!

    • @GabrielcTime
      @GabrielcTime 2 дня назад +4

      Same here friend....same here...

    • @jimweisgram9185
      @jimweisgram9185 2 дня назад +5

      I live in Oregon and I can confirm that Washington state is causing me additional stress every year. And I am about to pop.

    • @TyllerBoom
      @TyllerBoom 2 дня назад

      @@jimweisgram9185 take that discount Washington! Except your book stores.

    • @gregfisher4147
      @gregfisher4147 2 дня назад +1

      We don't even need earthquakes either!

  • @rospencer611
    @rospencer611 4 дня назад +236

    Don't build your house on a flood plain
    Don't build your house on a sandy beach
    Don't build your house on subduction zone

    • @zachary7309
      @zachary7309 3 дня назад +26

      The problem is that subduction zones are everywhere and people built houses and cities long before they knew what a subduction zone was

    • @IndustrialParrot2816
      @IndustrialParrot2816 3 дня назад +8

      The problem is all of the spots that are good places to build are there

    • @BB-gr9hq
      @BB-gr9hq 2 дня назад +3

      And near the coast as well. There will be a tsunami sooner or later.

    • @edwardguzman1182
      @edwardguzman1182 2 дня назад

      Not true, there's only 28 active subduction zones on earth. Which are mostly centered in the ring of fire. ​@@zachary7309

    • @OrpheusSonOfCalliope
      @OrpheusSonOfCalliope 2 дня назад +4

      Nor on a mud cliff on the edge of the ocean.
      Nor near a woods prone to dry periods.
      Nor in tornado alley or the coast of Florida prone to hurricanes.

  • @Mostly_Harmless99
    @Mostly_Harmless99 Месяц назад +177

    The ground movement sensors all are being reported to a central office at Central Washington University in Ellensburg. Nick Zentner covers this in one of his lectures about Cascadia. Apparently the transpression of the North American plate by subduction is causing most of the PNW to rotate clockwise around Spokane, except every 18 months when it slips back a few millimeters. A windup to the big rupture in Cascadia?

    • @-8_8-
      @-8_8- 6 дней назад +11

      That's awesome. We should hurry up and spend billions on developing real estate...

    • @pennyedwards6772
      @pennyedwards6772 5 дней назад +4

      San Andreas Jr fault part 2

    • @DonKeecock
      @DonKeecock 5 дней назад +8

      That’s fascinating! Nick Zentner does a great job explaining these complex geological processes in a way that's easy to understand. The idea that most of the Pacific Northwest is rotating clockwise due to the subduction of the Juan de Fuca plate under the North American plate is a clear reminder of how dynamic our region is. The slip every 18 months, known as a "slow slip event," definitely adds to the tension building up in the Cascadia Subduction Zone.
      While these small slips release some of the accumulated stress, they aren’t enough to prevent the potential for a major earthquake. The 'big rupture' you mention refers to the next expected megathrust earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which could have devastating effects. The ground movement sensors feeding into Central Washington University help scientists monitor these subtle movements and better understand the timing and impact of future seismic events.
      It’s a slow, silent process, but it's one we need to pay attention to. The more we learn from these slips and rotations, the better prepared we can be for when the big one hits.

    • @susaninpdx1805
      @susaninpdx1805 5 дней назад +6

      @@pennyedwards6772another geologic fact: Both Baja and Southern Cal west of San Andreas are trying to rip away from North America and ‘float’ north toward Alaska at about 2cm/yr. Pulling west CA north is what’s scrunching western WA and rotating western OR.

    • @brianarbenz1329
      @brianarbenz1329 4 дня назад +10

      Not only are people trying to get out of Southern California, part of Southern California is too.

  • @christopherwojtan750
    @christopherwojtan750 4 дня назад +40

    The rebound physics are fascinating. Unlike Cali were the plates push past each other this one would shove outward into the pacific. Could cause some serious coastline changes.

    • @tripolarmdisorder7696
      @tripolarmdisorder7696 4 дня назад +9

      It caused the Orphan wave in Japan on January 27th, 1700.
      It is also responsible for such devastation on th pacific northwest coast on the same day, that over forty oral traditions were started among the Native Americans.
      Plus... the last 11 times that Cascadia went full margin rupture, it also triggered a San Andreas massive earthquake as well.
      All combined, the devastation will cost the lives of untold millions.

    • @Mostly_Harmless99
      @Mostly_Harmless99 3 дня назад +5

      @@christopherwojtan750 Main thing a megathrust earthquake does is slide one plate under another where the two plates were stuck for awhile. The continent side rises vertically as the tension grows, then lets loose all at once. The ground drops and pushes out a little, mostly drops down. In 1700, Washington’s coast dropped something like 39’ (somebody check me on that.) Even if it was only 1 meter, that means that everything 3’ above the normal water line is suddenly below it. And that’s before the big wave shows up.

    • @randydyck9353
      @randydyck9353 3 дня назад +2

      @@tripolarmdisorder7696 ...on both sides of the Pacific.

  • @just_kos99
    @just_kos99 7 дней назад +45

    When you look at the movements of WA, OR and northern CA, you'll see something weird... Pendleton, OR seems to be the "hub" around which the land rotates clockwise. And there' something in BC that stops the motion, like a giant batholith of something. If anyone wants to research more, it's called "ETS", "episodic tremor and slip." Like others mentioned, Nick Zentner has excellent lectures covering this phenomenom. He's taught Geology at Central WA Univ in Ellensburg for 35 years.

  • @tylerdavis520
    @tylerdavis520 13 дней назад +82

    That’s comforting

    • @ElDrewski
      @ElDrewski 11 дней назад +1

      I live in so cali, and there's been a lot of small earthquakes. So I know the feeling.

    • @tylerdavis520
      @tylerdavis520 11 дней назад +1

      @@ElDrewski c’est la vie

    • @StellaByLuna
      @StellaByLuna 9 дней назад +1

      Why is it comforting to you?

    • @tylerdavis520
      @tylerdavis520 9 дней назад +3

      @@StellaByLuna just having a laugh, because I live near Seattle

    • @cameronvanatti6629
      @cameronvanatti6629 5 дней назад +1

      ​@@StellaByLuna 💫sarcasm💫

  • @Mostly_Harmless99
    @Mostly_Harmless99 Месяц назад +17

    Ground is moving vertically as well as horizontally.

    • @hectorpascal
      @hectorpascal 2 дня назад +2

      I guess if the ground didn't squish upwards, the horizontal movement would be even worse?

  • @GordieGii
    @GordieGii День назад +2

    To be fair, a small part of that is building mountains. When it jumps back, it won't move all the way back.

  • @MrDavidMoyer
    @MrDavidMoyer 2 дня назад +10

    Fun fact: for basically the same reason, that entire area is dotted with volcanoes. Anyone old enough to remember when Mt Rainier went off? Yeah, there are DOZENS more just like it in the PNW area, between southern Alaska and northern California.

    • @nashsok
      @nashsok 2 дня назад +7

      Gotta be pretty old to remember the last time Mt Rainier went off!

    • @NathanielLapointe
      @NathanielLapointe День назад +5

      u mean st helens?

    • @TimeSurfer206
      @TimeSurfer206 День назад +4

      You mean St. Helens.
      I was stationed in Italia when that happened.

    • @AudioFreqx
      @AudioFreqx 7 часов назад +1

      Rainer last erupted in 1450.
      I still have 20 pounds of St Helens ash

  • @williamr6785
    @williamr6785 4 дня назад +7

    Thank you for a really interesting short. Found this fascinating

  • @chrisdaigle5410
    @chrisdaigle5410 21 час назад +2

    The Cascadia subduction zone could cause a tidal wave as large as 100 feet tall when the fault releases.

  • @lilbee281
    @lilbee281 4 дня назад +5

    Forks is the town that inspired twilights location

  • @MrBigMoneyMan909
    @MrBigMoneyMan909 2 дня назад +4

    I wish they would talk about the megathrust quake from the Cascadia subduction zone.
    That thing is gunna measure over 9.2 and will liquify the ground.

    • @YourBusinessGeek
      @YourBusinessGeek День назад

      Still around 200 years away from the expected time it hits.

  • @nat9909
    @nat9909 День назад +2

    The northwest coast of North America is in serious peril. My niece has moved because of the impending danger. Ironically, there really isn't much evidence of major destructive earthquakes on the southwest coast, even though the movies depict the "big one" always happening in LA. The real "big one" will probably hit San Francisco and Oregon/Washington.

  • @jamesb120
    @jamesb120 11 часов назад +1

    "Basically, everything west of I-5 is going to be devastated" - USGS

  • @robertb.seddon1687
    @robertb.seddon1687 6 дней назад +5

    Plate subduction coming to a neighborhood near you!

    • @jimweisgram9185
      @jimweisgram9185 2 дня назад

      Too true, if you live on the coast. Or are just visiting...
      Gives me pause every time I take my family on a trip to the beach.

  • @SymPlayTon
    @SymPlayTon 2 дня назад +3

    Where do you think that mountain came from? We discovered the thing that has been happening for a ling time.

  • @d.e.7467
    @d.e.7467 2 дня назад +1

    I say the same thing to my family and friends who live in tornado alley. A tornado destroyed a nursing home about six blocks from my sister's home a few weeks ago. A friend in the Florida panhandle went through Michael. Her home survived, but it changed her. Neighbors weren't so lucky.
    The towns on the Oregon coast practice tsunami drills. Signs on the coast caution where a tsunami would be more harmful and to get to higher ground. OSU has a wave lab that helps determine the possible behavior of a tsunami.

  • @8l1nDw4rR10r
    @8l1nDw4rR10r 7 часов назад +1

    That's where I lost my 10mm socket, darn you subduction plates!

  • @OldNew45
    @OldNew45 3 дня назад +3

    So the mountains are gonna get taller!? Yaaaaay!

  • @rb032682
    @rb032682 День назад +4

    That "jump back" is going to be nasty.

    • @tishhobbs6998
      @tishhobbs6998 14 часов назад

      Ya. They should really probably move the important stuff, art, history bits and Navitive knowledge to somewhere further in like Iowa/Indiana in. Big ol'subduction zone preservation vault.

    • @rb032682
      @rb032682 14 часов назад

      @@tishhobbs6998 - The only thing being preserved in Iowa and Indiana is "willful ignorance". A very sad condition.

    • @idainasukottorandohito3813
      @idainasukottorandohito3813 4 часа назад

      ​@@rb032682considering the massively different politics of those two states (IA is generally conservative, IN is moderately liberal - source family and friends in both states), color me confused

    • @rb032682
      @rb032682 2 часа назад

      @@idainasukottorandohito3813 - I'll say only one more thing: Mike Pence.
      Take it to a different channel if you want to continue this.

  • @spacewolfjr
    @spacewolfjr 13 часов назад

    Your videos are very good!

  • @nevada9580
    @nevada9580 6 месяцев назад +6

    This is quite interesting!

  • @ofcv1238
    @ofcv1238 2 дня назад

    Great video young lady and explained perfectly with visual aids and presentation 😚

  • @bluegreen2360
    @bluegreen2360 5 дней назад +4

    For those who don't do metric that's a little over half an inch per year

    • @randydyck9353
      @randydyck9353 3 дня назад +1

      you don't compare with metric they get confused. Use your thumb. So it would be about .5 to .75 of your thumb width. Damn I used decimals. Never mind.

    • @bluegreen2360
      @bluegreen2360 3 дня назад

      @@randydyck9353 I think that's 0.525

    • @CaptainMisery86
      @CaptainMisery86 3 дня назад

      ​@@randydyck9353 You can't use thumbs. They're all different sizes

    • @randydyck9353
      @randydyck9353 3 дня назад

      @@CaptainMisery86 Stones were different sizes too. Depends if you are the buyer or the seller.

  • @TeddyCavachon
    @TeddyCavachon День назад +2

    Sounds like it’s a great time to buy beach front property in the Cascades.

  • @anthonyshriner4362
    @anthonyshriner4362 8 дней назад +3

    You all should read an article about a geologist named Chris Goldfinger. It will send chills up your spine.

    • @susaninpdx1805
      @susaninpdx1805 5 дней назад +1

      He studied turbidites in the ocean showing Cascadia has a long history of big megathrust earthquakes.

    • @Mostly_Harmless99
      @Mostly_Harmless99 3 дня назад +1

      @@susaninpdx1805 Brian Atwater is the geologist who figured out the recurrent megathrust rearthquake history by studying sediment layers at the WA coast.

  • @hawk1481
    @hawk1481 5 дней назад +2

    That’s why you have mountains

  • @dennishearne2610
    @dennishearne2610 День назад +2

    And they talked about the big ones in Southern California on the San Andreas fault. A subduction zone earthquake is a hell of a lot stronger than a strike slips fault earthquake. I pity anyone living in Seattle when it likes loose.

    • @dirkfrazier9779
      @dirkfrazier9779 День назад +1

      I don't; it's all fairy's and liberals there!

  • @TimeSurfer206
    @TimeSurfer206 День назад +1

    "We live on the Pacfic Ring of Fire...
    "Juan de Fuca plate goes down, and the magma comes up higher..."

  • @jaimeduncan6167
    @jaimeduncan6167 День назад

    The fact that we humans know this stuff is amazing.

  • @spacewolfjr
    @spacewolfjr 13 часов назад

    FYI, the Sasquatches like to move those stations 7mm per year

  • @davidelliott5843
    @davidelliott5843 3 дня назад +1

    Nick Zentner says the big one’s average every 500 years. The last one was about 250 years ago. So it’s safe enough for now.

    • @susaninpdx1805
      @susaninpdx1805 3 дня назад +2

      It happened Jan 26 1700 at 9pm. Calculated from the Japanese record of the “orphan tsunami”. That makes it 324 years since.

    • @dirkfrazier9779
      @dirkfrazier9779 День назад +1

      The law of averages missed this one!

  • @johnokamoto6762
    @johnokamoto6762 6 дней назад +1

    Earthquakes are the result of the release and it is also a cause of mountain ranges growing. Similar to the Himalayas

    • @susaninpdx1805
      @susaninpdx1805 3 дня назад

      One cause of mountain building. Arc volcanism is another different process. The Cascades are arc volcanism.

  • @beegum1
    @beegum1 2 дня назад +1

    This is what I tell people when they say fracking near faults causes earthquakes. I'm like... "Well..." I supposed we could think about prophylactic earthquakes.

  • @theAmazingblumpkin
    @theAmazingblumpkin День назад

    Thank you. I had conditioned myself to not think about this.

  • @troylange5838
    @troylange5838 9 дней назад +1

    How do you think the Cascades got there?

  • @HikariMagic20
    @HikariMagic20 6 часов назад

    If it doesn't jump back, then it might buckle up. That is how some mountain ranges get produced over time.

  • @aaronlandry3947
    @aaronlandry3947 3 дня назад +1

    And that's going to be an interesting tidal wave when it happens too.

    • @dirkfrazier9779
      @dirkfrazier9779 День назад +1

      At least Japan will be warned this time!

  • @xxbongobazookaxx7170
    @xxbongobazookaxx7170 4 часа назад

    I was confused right up until you said mountains

  • @lemmdus2119
    @lemmdus2119 10 дней назад +1

    When that thing “resets” it’s going to be really bad. We are able to predict this earthquake so people need to take note and prepare now. The government SHOULD plan and actually save resources and citizens should seriously think about moving away from the coast and into reenforced buildings.

    • @dirkfrazier9779
      @dirkfrazier9779 День назад +1

      I hope you have a room; I'm moving in with you!

  • @pooryorick831
    @pooryorick831 15 дней назад +13

    This is ominous. The Cascadia Escarpment ruptures on average every 250 to 300 years. In January it will be 325 years since the last time it went off. 🤯🙏🏻🙏🏻

    • @KadenLeo209
      @KadenLeo209 13 дней назад

      Would Tucson be affected by this too?

    • @Matthew-xh4uz
      @Matthew-xh4uz 9 дней назад

      Did you forget about Mount Saint Helens?

    • @Galvagalva00
      @Galvagalva00 8 дней назад

      ​@@Matthew-xh4uz that's entirely another thing

    • @Matthew-xh4uz
      @Matthew-xh4uz 8 дней назад +3

      @@Galvagalva00 But it isn't. The pressure was relieved.

    • @Galvagalva00
      @Galvagalva00 8 дней назад +4

      @@Matthew-xh4uz It was the magma pressure of the volcano's caldera, not the pressure of the whole tectonic plate. That plate is going to release a huge earthquake with the epicenter probably somewhere around the coastline, not inland where mt St. Helens is

  • @joselitostotomas8114
    @joselitostotomas8114 2 дня назад +1

    So you got two dangers:
    1. Earthquake
    2. Tsunami

  • @crazyt1483
    @crazyt1483 11 минут назад

    Is it a definite jump or is their the posablity of new mountains from a upward split

  • @geraldfrost4710
    @geraldfrost4710 День назад +1

    That's like 0.72 inches per year. Or 6 feet per century!
    Boing!

  • @mikelouis9389
    @mikelouis9389 День назад +1

    It's called loading.

  • @123smartcontent
    @123smartcontent День назад

    Something tells me the spring back is not going to be a fun ride. It'll probably turn solid earth into sinkable mush.

  • @andrewjensen7413
    @andrewjensen7413 День назад

    Out off the coast the casscad line off the whole west coast line is Totally Scary Stuff if it slipped all of a sudden it's happened before and didn't end well.🌊

  • @Daveyverse
    @Daveyverse День назад

    A good follow up short could be the growth of the Rockys? Is there any movement there?

  • @docmupsy
    @docmupsy 13 часов назад

    When the big rock and roll happens, could just be any old time...

  • @kjellrogerjgensen60
    @kjellrogerjgensen60 2 дня назад +1

    Some are waiting for a shakingly and stressful experience(?)

  • @neptune612
    @neptune612 3 дня назад +4

    I miss Earth science in school😊

  • @Starfish987
    @Starfish987 3 дня назад +2

    They are moving the wrong way. Someone tell those plates to take California out to sea 😂

  • @loreman7267
    @loreman7267 2 дня назад +1

    Beautiful as it is, you could not pay me to live in the west coast of N America!

  • @awesomesause
    @awesomesause 3 дня назад +2

    We are all hurtling through space in a spiral behind the sun, which is also hurtling through space.

  • @niveknospmoht8743
    @niveknospmoht8743 3 дня назад

    First time I've seen actual measurements of movement in that area. Yeah it's overdue for a major shaker

  • @ZigamusRainbowWizard
    @ZigamusRainbowWizard 20 часов назад

    This is called a 'Thrust Fault' and when it snaps and causes a tsunami, the last time it did this the wave reached Japan!

  • @dmmchugh3714
    @dmmchugh3714 4 дня назад +1

    18mm ? That's almost 3/4's of an inch ! Quite a lot for plate movement, IMHO.

    • @Dragantraces
      @Dragantraces 2 дня назад

      Well, apparently she thinks the ~125 miles from Forks to Seattle is "just a little."

  • @user-mr6my7cz6g
    @user-mr6my7cz6g 2 дня назад

    1/2" -3/4" a year compression.

  • @spencerm5913
    @spencerm5913 3 дня назад +1

    But what about vertical movement???

  • @DrDjones
    @DrDjones 2 дня назад +1

    but how much vertical rise as well?

  • @gemmel3197
    @gemmel3197 2 дня назад +1

    Really surprised its so much movement

  • @StalkedByLosers
    @StalkedByLosers 5 дней назад +2

    If its a subduction, the features at the seafloor should then be getting closer to the GPS stations. Are they?

    • @EarthScope_science
      @EarthScope_science  5 дней назад +3

      Yes! There is a mid-ocean ridge offshore (Juan de Fuca Ridge) where new seafloor is being created, and it moves like a conveyor belt into the subduction zone near the coastline.

    • @StalkedByLosers
      @StalkedByLosers 5 дней назад

      @EarthScope_science that's not the answer to my question. I asked if there are hard numbers showing that specific points on the sea floor are moving closer to the GPS points.

    • @EarthScope_science
      @EarthScope_science  5 дней назад +3

      @@StalkedByLosers It's possible to record seafloor movement with GPS, but logistically much more difficult. There are efforts underway to do that here, and some past data. (like agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2007JB004936) You can also figure this out based on the measured motion of all tectonic plates, and the age of seafloor crust in different places.

    • @jessicanielsen6134
      @jessicanielsen6134 3 дня назад +1

      ​@StalkedByLosers actually, you at first just asked if said features were getting closer to the GPS stations, which the content creator confirmed

    • @StalkedByLosers
      @StalkedByLosers 3 дня назад

      @@jessicanielsen6134 she said yes but offered no evidence. Instead, she changed the subject. I know about the seafloor spreading from the ocean ridges. That's not answering my question. There actually is no evidence of subduction. It's just a bit of logical reasoning. OP admitting it is too difficult to prove.

  • @thepwrfulthing
    @thepwrfulthing 19 часов назад

    Yeah, I remember the rebound of 2001(the nisqually earthquake). I'd just sat down in geography class and I hear this weird bang against the wall and then suddenly the ground started shaking. I crawled under my desk and let my fat booty hold my desk in place over my head. Felt like a roller coaster to me. Wasn't scared but my classmates were

  • @basedghostcoasttocoast
    @basedghostcoasttocoast 2 дня назад

    When 13mm/year is significantly more than "barely moving at all"

  • @geospatialindex
    @geospatialindex 2 дня назад

    Great channel

  • @yolo_burrito
    @yolo_burrito День назад +1

    When it slips it’s known as ‘The Big One’

  • @Don.Challenger
    @Don.Challenger 2 месяца назад

    Wouldn't it work this way: As the subducting plate plunges deeper under the overriding plate the collision rate that was initially a horizontal 18mm per year decreases progressively as its angle of descent increases causing that horizontal component to lessen (and it warms up becoming more and more plastic until it is similar to the underlying magma).

  • @dennistaylor5924
    @dennistaylor5924 2 дня назад +1

    yup, and we’re sitting here waiting for the big one to hit.

  • @TophTheMelonLord
    @TophTheMelonLord 5 дней назад

    Isn't the continued movement proof that the pressure hasn't built up much yet? The danger sign will be when the plate slows down.

    • @EarthScope_science
      @EarthScope_science  5 дней назад +1

      Think of it like bending a ruler, loading up energy. When that energy exceeds the frictional strength of a fault, we get an earthquake.

  • @WalterWD
    @WalterWD День назад

    If you stand on the edge when the land jumps back, will it launch you into the ocean?

  • @2Amend4Life
    @2Amend4Life 4 дня назад +1

    Don’t get worried until the coast ones measure half a mile due west after the big one.

  • @ItchyBrain-cd2cl
    @ItchyBrain-cd2cl День назад +1

    Could you give American measurements, please?

  • @fuzzythoughts8020
    @fuzzythoughts8020 4 дня назад

    Almost like tectonic activity has to contend with just a ridiculous amount of frigction. The edges move a bit but the center doesn't? Next you'll tell me the rocky mountains slightly grow every year.

    • @randydyck9353
      @randydyck9353 3 дня назад

      OOh, so every time you go back, you're little bit higher. "Rocky Mountain High".

  • @markkinsler4333
    @markkinsler4333 День назад

    Everyone on Earth's surface lives here purely by courtesy of the unstable geology just beneath us. But we've survived for millions of years.

  • @AlexRantos
    @AlexRantos День назад +1

    By saying " jump back" you mean earthquake, right?
    When was the last time they moved back?

  • @KyleLeHeup
    @KyleLeHeup 2 дня назад +2

    Does this mean California will finally be sent into the ocean?

    • @dirkfrazier9779
      @dirkfrazier9779 День назад +1

      You can only hope, and the immigrants that moved to other states!

  • @patrickfreeman8257
    @patrickfreeman8257 День назад

    Fun fact: 13 millimeters is only a bit more than 1/2 inch. So, what's the margin for error on those GPS trackers?

    • @EarthScope_science
      @EarthScope_science  23 часа назад

      It depends on the time period (1 day, 1 year, etc.), but we can measure a trend of 1 mm/yr.

  • @condor5635
    @condor5635 6 часов назад

    If we’re lucky California, Washington and Oregon will slide off into the Pacific Ocean

  • @waylonoconner9121
    @waylonoconner9121 4 дня назад

    Any simulations on when the tension could peak? Would be an interesting read

    • @jimweisgram9185
      @jimweisgram9185 2 дня назад +2

      The historical geologic record shows a series of mega and super mega earthquakes (my term, not scientific) over the last 10,000 years. No doubt going back many more years. Last quake was a superM (big rip), 324 years ago. Next quake is more likely going to be a mere mega. Which might run from northern California to southern Oregon and might be about a 7.0. A superM would run from northern California to British Columbia and might be about a 9.x magnitude. Much more devastating. What probability? About 37% in the next 50 years for either the big rip or the little rip.

  • @modjohnsenglishdisco
    @modjohnsenglishdisco 13 часов назад

    And then a volcano pops off, it will raining the whole time.

  • @anubarak9184
    @anubarak9184 6 месяцев назад +8

    „[the ones further inland are] hardly moving at all“ I mean I‘d say 18 mm/year isn’t great either…

    • @norml.hugh-mann
      @norml.hugh-mann 6 месяцев назад +5

      It is compared to being still

    • @jasonpeisley6031
      @jasonpeisley6031 3 месяца назад +1

      Even in geologic 18mm/yr isn't that fast, there poates/faults that move 200mm/yr

    • @Patrick_Ross
      @Patrick_Ross 2 месяца назад +3

      It’s the cumulative movement over hundreds of years that matters. The subduction zone’s last megathrust earthquake occurred in 1700. That adds up to many feet of slippage, enough to create a big tsunami.

    • @karom124
      @karom124 Месяц назад

      Enough so that if that sub zone looses that friction the ocean gets shot back and come back to flood the coast with a fat tsunami

  • @kurtsnyder4752
    @kurtsnyder4752 14 часов назад

    Forks? Maybe it's the werewolves on the move.

  • @CaptainMisery86
    @CaptainMisery86 3 дня назад

    What's the ETA on the quake? I know we can't accurately predict them, but surely we've seen enough of them to have some idea

  • @mr.9r9r52
    @mr.9r9r52 4 дня назад +2

    So is this gonna affect the trout population?

    • @dirkfrazier9779
      @dirkfrazier9779 День назад +1

      Trout will thrive once their predators are gone, mainly humans!

  • @anthonyshriner4362
    @anthonyshriner4362 8 дней назад +1

    Use to log with my dad and uncle around Forks Washington when I was in my teens. It was once considered the std capital of America

  • @freedomfan3277
    @freedomfan3277 20 часов назад

    Maybe seattle and portland will jump back into the sea.

  • @1GaBoy001
    @1GaBoy001 День назад

    Mountain building 101. The ceara Nevada mountain range is still growing folks. We need to learn more about our planet before we spend billions on space research. We live here. It's cool to know that in some distance of time we may be able to get there. But if we don't take care of this planet better. We won't live long enough to build anything that can get to those extremely far away places.

  • @benjaminsmith718
    @benjaminsmith718 4 дня назад

    Prove that the GPS Sats have not drifted. I agree that the land is shifting but the stability of the satellites needs to be addressed.

    • @Mostly_Harmless99
      @Mostly_Harmless99 3 дня назад

      @@benjaminsmith718 It’s not a conspiracy theory. GPS sensors are everywhere in the Northwest, and measurements are all cross-checked against each other, so even if a satellite is “out of position” somehow, scientists reading the data have pretty accurate ways of adusting. Highway departments also use GPS and laser measurement to track land deformation as a part of road building and maintenance. The sciencce is pretty solid.

  • @Emyr-vz4oz
    @Emyr-vz4oz Час назад

    We need more important information: While I was growing up they promised me that California was going to fall off into the Pacific Ocean. Answer this important question, inquiring minds want to know.

  • @evantspurrell
    @evantspurrell День назад

    that juan was certainly a fuca

  • @wrdennig
    @wrdennig 7 часов назад

    They're gonna have a new mountain range, rising high up into the sky. Just like the Andes.

  • @guitarholio
    @guitarholio 17 часов назад +1

    Juan De Trumpa, don't you mean, total disaster.

  • @Rizzler420-uh4yd
    @Rizzler420-uh4yd 19 часов назад

    No one knows for sure if tectonic plate activity is real.

  • @Clb9000
    @Clb9000 4 дня назад

    Earth is reloading

  • @chrishollands5257
    @chrishollands5257 День назад

    Sooo someone inland is loosing land slowely but will get it back?

  • @youtubeaccount5153
    @youtubeaccount5153 3 дня назад

    There’s something else in life to stress over.

  • @eddieyutub
    @eddieyutub 3 дня назад

    Makes perfect sense

  • @Greggspies
    @Greggspies День назад

    Put the house on casters

  • @wouldntyouliketoknow9891
    @wouldntyouliketoknow9891 3 дня назад +2

    It'd be funny to hike out to those GPS stations and pull them a few mm to the West.