#Kamchatka #Russia #Peninsula #volcanoes
#KamchatkaPeninsula
#PacificPlate
#volcanic #tsunami
#RingOfFire
Massive Russian earthquake struck on ‘megathrust fault’ @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Russianearthquake #PacificOcean #Japan #FrenchPolynesia #KamchatkaPeninsula #PacificPlate #tsunamiwarnings
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THREE quakes. All magnitude 5.1. All 10 km deep. Two in #Fiji. One in #Japan. All in the #RingOfFire. All within 2 hours.
You think that’s normal? You think the Earth isn’t pushing back?
This is what tectonic stress looks like.
#earthquake #seismic #tectonic #PacificPlate
A winter sunset as seen from a beach parking lot at #PointReyes National Seashore, CA. The Point Reyes #Peninsula is west of the San Andreas Fault and thus on the #PacificPlate.
The northwest movement of the #PacificPlate creates significant compressional forces that has forced the #SanAndreas to jog westward. This has led to the formation of the #TransverseRanges & to a lesser but still significant extent, the #SantaCruz Mtns (in the background).