I can only point to my longevity in defense of my tactics. That and the fact, I still have a roof where I am permitted.
https://www.google.com/amp/www.kezi.com/templates/AMP?contentID=559473711 3 earthquakes hit off Oregon coast in the past week. A 3.7, 5.9, and a 6.3 in magnitude. The occured 150 some miles off the coast at the Blanco Fracture Zone, not at the Cascadia Subduction Zone which is where a massive 9.1 could and will be triggered that will decimate parts of the NW. These quakes aren't neccessairly a sign of the big one coming, but no one wants to hear that quakes are happening off the coast.
Could actually be a good thing. I’d think releasing the energy in numerous small bites would be far preferable to doing it all at once.
That area is more volcanic than tectonic. Those earthquakes could be the beginning of the birth of a new island.
I'm gonna plant a flag on the new island and claim it as mine. Then I'm gonna plant a few lawn chairs on the beach and charge guys like Bill Gates big bucks to have their private weddings on the only uncharted island in the world.
I think Sly is dreaming of a new site for Pedo-pup Island. But I think you're wrong about the volcanic thing, at least according to what I see on Wikipedia: "Most large events in this zone occur on the Blanco Ridge, as the motion on this fault accounts for the majority of the plate movement.[2] Strike slip faulting occurs in this region;, motion on the fault is parallel to the motion of the plate. [5] Tectonic activity in the central part of the zone is weaker and deeper than on the Blanco Ridge. Typically this activity is consistent with normal faulting, although interference with the Cascadia Depression spreading center changes the motion on some of the faults.[2] Shallow earthquakes consistent with strike-slip faulting occur on the western side of the zone, but their large distribution indicates that multiple faults exist.[9] Generally these faults run along the walls of the bathymetric basins, but near the Juan de Fuca ridge they become distorted, and rotate towards the ridge axis instead.[2]"
