Off the coast of Oregon, pictured above, the Cascadia Subduction Zone consumes the Juan de Fuca oceanic plate. In the past, earthquakes in this region have caused devastating tsunamis, like the 1700 Cascadia earthquake and tsunami. Credit: pfly, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr

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Off the coast of Oregon, pictured above, the Cascadia Subduction Zone consumes the Juan de Fuca oceanic plate. In the past, earthquakes in this region have caused devastating tsunamis, like the 1700 Cascadia earthquake and tsunami. Credit: pfly, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr

Off the coast of Oregon, pictured above, the Cascadia Subduction Zone consumes the Juan de Fuca oceanic plate. In the past, earthquakes in this region have caused devastating tsunamis, like the 1700 Cascadia earthquake and tsunami. Credit: pfly, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr

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