The Seattle Times: Local News: Seafloor earthquakes signal eruption off Vancouver Island
 

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....Their observations will help improve understanding of the Juan de Fuca plate, a tectonic time bomb capable of producing earthquakes and tsunamis on par with the disaster that struck the Indian Ocean in December.

Baker is co-leader of the 20-person team, which has been scrambling since Sunday, when swarms of earthquakes started rattling the ocean bottom 200 miles offshore. In the past six days, the area has been rocked by nearly 4,000 temblors, most tiny, but some exceeding magnitude 4.

"It has been going on long enough that we're pretty sure lava is moving," Baker said. ....
 
 

Maranatha!
Deborah
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