| There is no escaping geology on the West Coast of the US.  Earthquakes shake California continuallly.  Volcanoes loom over northern California, Oregon, and Washington.  Each of these hazards marks a different kind of plate boundary--a transform fault to the south, a subduction zone up north.  This map shows the western US, along with all of the known major fault lines and zones.The 1995 "Living on the Edge" map features: • Active faults, faults not considered to be active, subduction zones
 •  Relief map of the western US, showing locations of faults, earthquakes, and volcanoes
 •  Volcanoes active in the past 10,000 years
 •  Earthquake epicenters, and earthquake magnitudes 1964-1994
 •  An inset explaining how the Transform Fault shaping much of the current California was formed
 
 Coverage Area:  Western US, California, Oregon, Washington, Baja California
 
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