print email comment close 2005 Silent Earthquake and Deep Tremor URL: http://www.pnsn.org/NEWS/PRESS_RELEASES/TREMOR_05.html Description: Background information and updates on the 2005 slow earthquake and deep tremor occurring in the Pacific Northwest in September 2005. This earthquake, which affected southern British Columbia and Northern Washington state, is the "predicted 'tremor and slip event' which is related to the movement of the Juan de Fuca and North America tectonic plates along the Cascadia margin of southern British Columbia." From the Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network at the University of Washington. Publisher: Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network Extra Keywords episodic periodic Library of Congress Subject Headings: Earthquakes Earthquakes -- Northwest, Pacific New this week Plate tectonics LII Database Information: Record 10144 created by Naomi Eichenlaub on 09/15/2005 Last modification on 09/22/2005 Published: 09/15/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/10144