What type of tectonic plate boundary exists along the edge of the North American plate near the coast of Northern California, Oregon, and Washington? A reverse fault, like the Cascadia subduction zone off the coast of Oregon and Northern California (north of Mendocino California), has relatively deep earthquakes—like the 1964 Alaska earthquake and the 2004 Sumatra earthquake that caused the Boxing Day Tsunami.
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Megathrust earthquakes can be strongest in magnitude—stronger than a San Andreas earthquake like 1906