[Rockhounds] We Could Be Witnessing the Death of a Tectonic Plate

[Tim Fisher]

Cool, I hope it doesn't produce "the big one" for another million years!

Tim Fisher
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Subject: [Rockhounds] We Could Be Witnessing the Death of a Tectonic Plate

A gaping hole in a dying tectonic plate beneath the ocean along the West
Coast of the United States may be wreaking havoc at Earth's surface, but not
in a way most people might expect.

This gash is so big it may trigger earthquakes off the coast of Northern
California and could explain why central Oregon has volcanoes, a new study
found.

https://www.livescience.com/66117-tectonic-plate-tear-juan-de-fuca.html
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