The tiny Juan de Fuca plate is largely responsible for the volcanoes ... from the interplay where the plates meet or divide. The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries ...

Sometimes we go a longer period without them.” Many earthquakes in Washington state are linked to the motion of the Juan de Fuca Plate and the North American Continental Plate moving against ...

Many earthquakes in Washington state are linked to the motion of the Juan de Fuca Plate and the North American Continental Plate moving against each other as the Juan de Fuca Plate slips beneath ...

The Cascadia subduction zone, where the oceanic Juan de Fuca plate descends beneath the overlying North American plate, extends 1100 km from northern California to northern Vancouver Island.