Earthquake and Tsunami Education Program for Coastal Cascadia Stakeholders Meeting June 21, 2011 Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, Oregon Teachers on the Leading Edge

Cascadia Science Scientific Discoveries and their Meanings Interpreters Scientists Students The Public Formal Learning Free-Choice Learning K-12 Colleges & Universities T r a i n i n g Parks & Museums Teachers Cascadia Education and Outreach Educators Community Progams TOTLEEarthScope E&O Emergency Management

Cascadia Science Cascadia Discoveries and their Meanings Scientists Students The Public Formal Learning Free-Choice Learning Not: “Dumbing It Down”  Cascadia Education and Outreach

Cascadia Science Scientific Discoveries and their Meanings Scientists StudentsThe Public Formal Learning Free-Choice Learning Rather: “Storying It Up” Cascadia Education and Outreach

Robert J. Lillie 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 Scientific Discoveries and their Meanings Scientists StudentsThe Public Formal Learning Free-Choice Learning K-12 Colleges & Universities Training Parks & Museums InterpretersTeachers Educators Community Programs TOTLEEarthScope E&O “Storying it Up!” Emergency Management Cascadia Education and Outreach

Cascadia Science Scientists StudentsThe Public Formal Learning Free-Choice Learning K-12 Colleges & Universities Training Parks & Museums Educators K-12 Teachers Park Interpreters Emergency Managers Coastal Cascadia Earthquake and Tsunami Education and Preparedness Scientific Discoveries and their Meanings Cascadia Earthquake/Tsunami Education and Preparedness Team “Storying it Up!”

June 21 Stakeholders Meeting Earthquake and Tsunami Education Program for Coastal Cascadia 10:00 AM Welcome and Introductions, Bob Lillie Short Presentations: Bob Butler: Cascadia Earthquakes and Tsunamis Education in K-12 Earth Science Bob Lillie: EarthScope Education in Parks Rob Witter: Comparing Cascadia and Japan, the Preparedness Challenge Beth 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 – 2:00 Breakout Sessions, Beth Pratt-Sitaula K-12 Educators Parks Interpreters Emergency Managers Assignments to groups: 1. What does your group want from an Earthquake and Tsunami Education Program for Coastal 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 PM Reports from Groups 2:30 – 4:00 PM Discussion on design and logistics of the Earthquake and Tsunami Education Program for Coastal Cascadia. Outlining the Proposal to NSF EarthScope Program

Earthquake and Tsunami Education Program for Coastal Cascadia Stakeholders Meeting, June 21, EarthScope in Cascadia Bob Lillie EarthScope Education and Outreach Manager EarthScope National Office Oregon 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 Fault 875 GPS Instruments 175 Borehole Strainmeters 5 Long-Baseline Laser Strainmeters 400 Seismometers at 2,000 sites 100 Permanent Seismometers EarthScope EarthScope has three main “observatories” …..

USArray SAFOD PBO 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 Observatories USArray

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 Station California State University at San Bernardino Observatories PBO Plate Boundary Observatory

(Modified from Bob Butler, University of Portland) Newport GPS Station NewportCorvallis Tillamook Pacific Beach Neah Bay Kelso Tumwater Othello La Grande Wasco 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 Zone Stations 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! Modified from Geological Survey of Canada ~ 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 ( ) 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 ( ) 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

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:

Drillhole across San Andreas Fault 875 GPS Instruments 175 Borehole Strainmeters 5 Long-Baseline Laser Strainmeters 400 Seismometers at 2,000 sites 100 Permanent Seismometers National Parklands For Interpretive Professionals in Parks and Museums Informal Education Workshops Monitoring the Dynamic Landscape Enhances our “Sense of Place”

Drillhole across San Andreas Fault 875 GPS Instruments 175 Borehole Strainmeters 5 Long-Baseline Laser Strainmeters 400 Seismometers at 2,000 sites 100 Permanent Seismometers 1. Cascadia Subduction Zone Mt. Rainier National Park April 7–10, 2008 Informal Education Workshops For Interpretive Professionals in Parks and Museums Monitoring the Dynamic Landscape Enhances our “Sense of Place”

Drillhole across San Andreas Fault 875 GPS Instruments 175 Borehole Strainmeters 5 Long-Baseline Laser Strainmeters 400 Seismometers at 2,000 sites 100 Permanent Seismometers For Interpretive Professionals in Parks and Museums Informal Education Workshops 6. New Madrid - Central U. S. March 17-20, th 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 IRIS Active Earth Display

Drillhole across San Andreas Fault 875 GPS Instruments 175 Borehole Strainmeters 5 Long-Baseline Laser Strainmeters 400 Seismometers at 2,000 sites 100 Permanent Seismometers 3. Redwood National and State Parks 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 IRIS Active Earth Display

Cascadia Module

Robert J. Lillie Beverly Beach State Park, Oregon 4 People killed by 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake Tsunami Whale Watching Center Depoe Bay, Oregon

Robert J. Lillie Whale Watching Center, Depoe Bay, Oregon

Robert J. Lillie Whale Watching Center, Depoe Bay, Oregon

Robert J. Lillie Whale Watching Center, Depoe Bay, Oregon

Robert J. Lillie 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

Robert J. Lillie 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 StudentsThe Public Formal Learning Free-Choice Learning K-12 Colleges & Universities Training Parks & Museums Educators K-12 Teachers Park Interpreters Emergency Managers Coastal Cascadia Earthquake and Tsunami Education and Preparedness Scientific Discoveries and their Meanings Cascadia Earthquake/Tsunami Education and Preparedness Team “Storying it Up!”