First there were several mag. 4 quakes off Vancouver Is, Canada, which I think are in the same area but I haven't confirmed that yet. Then this news report came last night. This is exciting but it will be a while before we get any scientific reports. There have been other volcanoes at the San Juan de Fuca plate edge. But it is always exciting to have a new one as each time we seem to have better monitoring equipment.

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Would it be too speculative to invest in real estate on the new volcanic island that may form? :wink:

Would you want real estate in an area that has had a 4.8, 4,7, and 5.1 earthquake in the last week?

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Well that hasn't seemed to have affected the price of land in California. :P

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Well...California is a little less wet than the potential off-shore real estate.

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Would the volcano be in US or Canadian territory?

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From what I've read, the Pacific Northwest is as vulnerable to earthquakes and other catastrophic events as California is. Being at the boundary of a continental and a Pacific plate is very helpful if you want to build a new volcano. Fascinating story. I'll be watching the news for more.

It would be Canada's.

However, that area has calmed down. The activity is now off the coast of Oregon. In the last two days there has been a 4.3, 4.7, 5.1, and 5.2 off the coast of Oregon.

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Are you kidding? Ocean access property is very nearly a license to print money. [-(

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Is this a sign of future activity/trouble for the Pacific Coast? Does this increased activity make it more likely there will be a major "event" in a current, active volcano (Mt. St. Helen's for example) or along a major West Coast / Alaskan fault line? Or is there little geological relationship here?

Just trying to separate the woo-woo warnings from the scientific facts! :roll:

I don't know, but it would be neat if there's a hydrothermal vent out there. Those are great!

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Pretty much normal goings on for that region of North America.

Historically, the areas are active.

Coast of Oregon

Coast of Vancouver

Within a 100 km radius of one of the Vancouver quakes, there has been 345 earthquakes 2.6 and greater since 1973 (NEIC catalog search).

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There is a whole ridge of vents out there.

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While the volcanoes are all related to plate movement, these underwater eruptions are from the plate's edge where it is spreading apart. The Cascade volcanoes are the result of the subducting edge of the plate re-melting as it sinks below the Earth's crust. The plate movement is somewhat constant so this doesn't represent an increase in activity.

There have been frequent undersea volcanoes in this region. NOAA and the U of WA researchers are hoping to view one in action. So far, they've gotten there after the fact.

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Guess I can restow my "go bag" for now!

If its 300 miles off the coast, it would be in international waters. Until it breaches surface (probably unlikely) and someone claims.

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This is old news... It's already been covered in this extremely informative thread over over on glp... 8)

• US Scientific SWAT Team Monitoring Offshore Quakes

Gasp...when will I ever learn not to click on GLP links. I think my brain just became a bit more stupid.

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