Map of Juan de Fuca Plate (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Map of Juan de Fuca Plate

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The Juan de Fuca and Gorda plates offshore of the Pacific Northwest. The plate moves eastward from the midocean ridge and spreading center on the plate's western edge to the trench on the eastern margin where the plate subducts under the North American plate. The Cascadia subduction zone is capable of generating magnitude 9 quakes, which can also produce deadly tsunamis.

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