Science on Tap Humboldt 2016.04.06

I present material about the Cascadia subduction zone at the Humboldt Science on Tap held on 4/6/16 at Blondies in Arcata, CA. This page has some supporting material from this presentation, including the digital presentation file.

    This is the digital presentation

  • Here is the digital presentation (100 MB pptx)

    This is a video of the presentation

  • Here is the digital file of the embedded video below (350 MB mp4)
  • Here is the yt link for the embedded video below

    Here are some sources of information about the Cascadia subduction zone

  • For the 315th anniversary of the most recent full rupture CSZ earthquake I put together a summary of our state of knowledge about the CSZ and that 1700 A.D. Jan. 26 earthquake. 2015.01.26
  • The USGS (and others) put together an educational video about the CSZ. I post this video and other supporting information online here: 2015.10.08

Here is an educational video about Cascadia subduction zone earthquakes and tsunamis.

Here is a tsunami hindcast for the Jan 26, 1700 Cascadia subduction zone megathrust earthquake that may have ruptured all the way south to Humboldt Bay. This is the download link for the embedded video below (35 MB mp4).


Here is an animation showing the Holocene record of earthquakes along the Cascadia subduction zone (Goldfinger et al., 2012).

Here is an animation of a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake generated tsunami. This is the download link for the embedded video below (15 MB mp4).