Earthquake and Tsunami Education Program for Coastal Cascadia Stakeholders Meeting June 21, 2011 Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, Oregon .

Earthquake and Tsunami Education Program for Coastal Cascadia

Stakeholders MeetingJune 21, 2011

Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, Oregon

www.earthscope.org

Teachers on theLeading Edge

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Marine Gardens - Otter Crest, Oregon

“The same geological processes that create Oregon’s breathtaking headlands and beaches also threaten our lives with devastating earthquakes and tsunamis.”

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Coastal CascadiaEarthquake and Tsunami Education and Preparedness


Cascadia Earthquake/Tsunami

Education and Preparedness Team“Storying it Up!”

June 21 Stakeholders MeetingEarthquake and Tsunami Education Program for Coastal Cascadia

10:00 AMWelcome and Introductions, Bob Lillie

Short Presentations:Bob Butler: Cascadia Earthquakes and Tsunamis Education in K-12 Earth ScienceBob Lillie: EarthScope Education in ParksRob Witter: Comparing Cascadia and Japan, the Preparedness ChallengeBeth Pratt-Sitaula, Bob Butler, Bob Lillie: Preliminary Thoughts on Earthquake/Tsunami Education Program Design

Morning Brainstorming

12:00 Noon Lunch provided at HMSC

12:30 – 2:00Breakout Sessions, Beth Pratt-Sitaula

K-12 EducatorsParks InterpretersEmergency Managers

Assignments to groups:1. What does your group want from an Earthquake and Tsunami Education Program forCoastal Cascadia?2. What can your group contribute to the program?3. What logistical realities need to be considered?.4. What should we know about existing resources, and what new resources does your group need?

2:00 – 2:30 PMReports from Groups

2:30 – 4:00 PMDiscussion on design and logistics of the Earthquake and Tsunami Education Programfor Coastal Cascadia.Outlining the Proposal to NSF EarthScope Program

Earthquake and Tsunami Education Program for Coastal CascadiaStakeholders Meeting, June 21, 2011

www.earthscope.org

EarthScope in Cascadia

Bob LillieEarthScope Education and Outreach Manager

EarthScope National OfficeOregon State University

A nationwide effort to …..• Explore the structure and evolution of North American

continent• Study processes that cause earthquakes and volcanic eruptions

EarthScope

Drillhole across San Andreas Fault875 GPS Instruments175 Borehole Strainmeters5 Long-Baseline Laser Strainmeters400 Seismometers at 2,000 sites100 Permanent Seismometers

EarthScope

EarthScope has three main “observatories” …..

USArray

SAFODPBO

EarthScope Observatories

Plate Boundary Observatory

Seismometers

Geodetic Instruments

San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth

Deep Drillhole

IRIS(Incorporated Research

Institutions for Seismology) Washington, DC

USArray:

• Includes 400 Transportable Seismometers• Each station occupies a site for 1½ to 2 years• 10 years to leap-frog across the country

ObservatoriesUSArray

http://anf.ucsd.edu/stations/deployment_history.php

EarthScope

Like a “Hubble Telescope” aimed into the Earth

P-Wave “Community Velocity Model” based partly on USArray through November 2007

Seismic Tomography “CatScan” of the Earth

Burdick and others, 2008

High Velocity (Blue): - Eastern U. S.- Subducted Juan de Fuca (JdF) and Farallon plates

Cold Waves Speed Up

Low Velocity (Red): - Basin and Range Province (B&R)- Yellowstone Hotspot (YH)

Hot Waves Slow Down

• GPS Instruments

• Strainmeters

UNAVCO Boulder, CO

GSP StationCalifornia State University

at San Bernardino

Observatories

PBOPlate Boundary Observatory

(Modified from Bob Butler, University of Portland)

Newport GPS Station Newport Corvallis

Tillamook

PacificBeach

NeahBay

Kelso

Tumwater Othello

La GrandeWasco

• Western Oregon and Washington are being pushed toward the northwest.

• The region is “stuck” to the Juan de Fuca Plate …..

Cascadia Subduction Zone -- Locked and Loaded

GPS Stations Monitor Ground Motion

GPS Stations

Modified from Geological Survey of Canada


“Locked” Subduction ZoneStations in western Oregon moving upward and NNE Stations in eastern

Oregon not moving

~ 200 – 600 Years

Suddenly Unlocks!!

Earthquake

Tsunami Coastal areas abruptly drop down!


~ 3 – 4 Minutes!!

FACES: Flexarray Along Cascadia Experiment for Segmentation. A deployment of 20+ broadband seismic sensors in western Oregon and Washington with the goal of resolving structural controls on episodic tremor and slip all along Cascadia.

CAFÉ: Cascadia Arrays For EarthScope. Seismologists deployed a network of 60 seismometers (2006) that covered much of western Washington to study how the Cascadia subduction system works.

MENDO: Mendocino Experiment. Used a dense array of broadband seismographs (2007-2009) to investigate the structure of the Mendocino Triple Junction, the northernmost terminus of the San Andreas Fault.

COLZA: Central Oregon Locked Zone Array. An amphibious array of 16 ocean bottom seismometers (2007-2009) and 6 onshore FlexArray stations to better constrain seismicity of the central Oregon part of the Cascadia subduction zone.

Targeted EarthScope Experiments along Cascadia Subuduction Zone

http://www.earthscope.org/science/field_programs

Earth Science Literacy Principles

1. Earth scientists use repeatable observations and testable ideas to understand and explain our planet.

2. Earth is 4.6 billion years old.

3. Earth is a complex system of interacting rock, water, air, and life.

4. Earth is continuously changing.

5. Earth is the water planet.

6. Life evolves on a dynamic Earth and continuously modifies Earth.

7. Humans depend on Earth for resources.

8. Natural hazards pose risks to humans.

9. Humans significantly alter the Earth.

Big Ideas:

http://www.earthscienceliteracy.org


National Parklands

For Interpretive Professionals in Parks and Museums

Informal Education Workshops

Monitoring the Dynamic Landscape Enhances our “Sense of Place”


1. Cascadia Subduction Zone• Mt. Rainier National Park• April 7–10, 2008


www.earthscope.org/eno/parks

For Interpretive Professionals in Parks and MuseumsMonitoring the Dynamic Landscape Enhances our “Sense of Place”


For Interpretive Professionals in Parks and Museums


www.earthscope.org/eno/parks

6. New Madrid - Central U. S.• March 17-20, 2011• 200th Anniversary of Big Earthquakes• USArray Rolling across the Midwest ….

Active Earth Display

• Real-time display designed for visitor centers and museums

• Developing regional modules by “tectonic setting”– Cascadia– Basin and Range Province– San Andreas

• Joint effort of IRIS, UNAVCO, and EarthScope• Highlighted as part of EarthScope Informal

Education Workshops– Proposal Process– Six awarded as result of workshops

www.iris.washington.edu/hq/programs/education_and_outreach/museum_displays/active_earth

IRIS Active Earth Display


3. Redwood National and State Parks

www.iris.washington.edu/hq/programs/education_and_outreach/museum_displays/active_earth

Placement of IRIS Active Earth Kiosks in Parks and Museums

1. Oregon Whale Watching Center

2. Oregon Paleo Lands Institute

4. Montana Mineral Museum

5. San Bernardino County Museum

6. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park



www.iris.edu/aed2/index.phtml?code=cascadia

Cascadia Module

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Beverly Beach State Park, Oregon

4 People killed by1964 Great Alaska Earthquake Tsunami

Whale Watching CenterDepoe Bay, Oregon

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Whale Watching Center, Depoe Bay, Oregon

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Whale Watching Center,Depoe Bay, Oregon

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Whale Watching Center, Depoe Bay, Oregon

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Ranger Morris Grover

Whale Watching Center,Depoe Bay, Oregon

Are We Prepared?

• Research has only in the past 25 years revealed that Cascadia has “Gi-normous” earthquakes and accompanying tsunamis.

• We must be better prepared ……

Modified from Pat Corcoran, OSU Extension

Rob

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Marine Gardens - Otter Crest, Oregon

“The same geological processes that create Oregon’s breathtaking headlands and beaches also threaten our lives with devastating earthquakes and tsunamis.”

Beauty and the Beast

Cascadia Science

Scientists

Students The Public

Formal Learning

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Coastal CascadiaEarthquake and Tsunami Education and Preparedness


Cascadia Earthquake/Tsunami

Education and Preparedness Team“Storying it Up!”

Earthquake and Tsunami Education Program for Coastal Cascadia Stakeholders Meeting June 21, 2011 Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, Oregon .

Documents

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nsf earthscope program

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