Juan de Fuca Plate

adjacent to

fault

Cascadia subduction zone

map

megathrust earthquake

The last megathrust earthquake at the Cascadia subduction zone was the 1700 Cascadia earthquake, estimated to have a moment magnitude of 8.7 to 9.2.

origin

The Juan de Fuca Plate system has its origins with Panthalassa’s oceanic basin and crust.

random

Delta Persei (Wikipedia) Delta Persei, also named Sarvvis, is a double star in the northern constellation of Perseus. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 3.01, making it readily visible with the naked eye. Parallax measurements give it a distance of about 520 light-years (160 parsecs) from the Earth.

remnant of

Farallon Plate

sometimes considered part

Gorda Plate

subducting under

North American Plate

tagged

The remains of the Farallon Plate are the Explorer, Gorda, and Juan de Fuca plates, subducting under the northern part of the North American Plate; the Cocos Plate subducting under Central America; and the Nazca Plate subducting under the South American Plate.

tags

tectonic plate of

North America

Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q860385

Wikimedia

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Wikipedia

Juan de Fuca Plate (Wikipedia) The Juan de Fuca Plate is a small tectonic plate (microplate) generated from the Juan de Fuca Ridge that is subducting beneath the northerly portion of the western side of the North American Plate at the Cascadia subduction zone. It is named after the explorer of the same name. One of the smallest of Earth’s tectonic plates, the Juan de Fuca Plate is a remnant part of the once-vast Farallon Plate, which is now largely subducted underneath the North American Plate.