Kulshan (Mount Baker) Stratovolcano© ™ ®, part of the Cascadia Volcanic Arc © ™ ®

>> slide image left >> 18 kilometres south of the Canadian border, 108 kilometres east of Vancouver, Canada, 3,286~3,288 m (10,786 ft) Mount Baker (Kulshan) Stratovolcano is where the westward moving North America Tectonic Plate, collides with the Juan de Fuca Tectonic Plate. It is active. The United States Geologic Survey rates it a VERY HIGH RISK. If the wind is from the east, the tephra will fall on Vancouver, Canada in about an hour. Hyperlinks your own social media.

Universal Coordinated Time UTC – ZULU is a 24 hour clock. During an eruption, if the wind is from the east at 10,000 feet (outflow), the tephra will fall on Vancouver, Canada in about an hour. If the Kulshan Wind is from the west (inflow) the tephra will fall on Merritt, BC in about 40 minutes. There are extremes in preparedness, of course. As a basis of my work I use the 2015 Profile of Earthquake Risk in the District of North Vancouver by Earthquake Canada, wherein they state that there is 30% chance of a M7.3 in the middle of the Salish Sea, say between North Vancouver, Nanaimo and Victoria, in the next 50 years, that will bring down 839 buildings, just among the 80,000 residents in the District of North Vancouver. Hyperlinked where I can. Good morning, everyone. We begin to deal with BIG (MEGA) EARTHQUAKES at New Cascadia Dawn © ™ ® - Cascadia Rising - M9 to M10+, An Intelligent Grandfather's Guides © ™ ® next, Mount Baker Stratovolcano (background) © ™ ® / Kulshan Stratovolcano © ™ ®, Simon Fraser University (foreground) ~ Image by Stan G. Webb - In Retirement © ™ ®, An Intelligent Grandfather's Guides © ™ ® next, The Man From Minto © ™ ® - A Prospector Who Knows His Rocks And Stuff © ™ ® Learn more about the Cascadia Volcanic Arc © ™ ® (Part of Pacific Ring of Fire) Cascadia Volcanoes © ™ ® and the currently active Mount Meager Massif © ™ ®, part of the Cascadia Volcanic Arc © ™ ® [ash flow, debris flows, fumaroles and hot springs], just northwest of Pemberton and Whistler, Canada ~ My personal interest in the Mount Meager Massif © ™ ® is that the last volcanic vent blew north, into the Bridge River Valley [The Bridge River Valley Community Association (BRVCA), [formerly Bridge River Valley Economic Development Society], near my hometown. I am the Man From Minto © ™ ® - A Prospector Who Knows His Rocks and Stuff © ™ ® (Severe). Earthquake Drill 3rd Thursday in October 19, 2023 at 10:20 AM Pacific I grew up in small towns and in the North where the rule is share and share alike. So, I'm a Creative Commons type of guy. Copy and paste ANY OF MY MATERIAL anywhere you want. Hyperlinks to your own Social Media are at the bottom of each post.

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stratovolcano 3285 m / 10,777 ft
Washington, Canada and USA (mainland), 48.78°N / -121.81°W
Eruption list: 1884(?), 1880, 1870, 1869(?), 1867(?), 1865(?), 1863, 1860(?), 1859-60, 1858, 1856(?), 1854, 1852-53, 1850(?), 1846(?), 1843, 1820(?), 1792

Simon Fraser University (foreground) Kulshan Stratovolcano© ™ ® / Mount Baker Stratovolcano (background)© ™ ® ~ Image by Stan G. Webb - In Retirement© ™ ®, An Intelligent Grandfather's Guides© ™ ® Kulshan is immediately behind the Simon Fraser University playing field lights.

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Is Mount Baker a hazard for Canada?

Although there are several potentially active volcanoes in southwest British Columbia, Mount Baker, 23 km south of the Canada – United States border in Washington state, is the closest volcano to the population centres of British Columbia’s Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island. On a clear day, the ice-covered peak of Mount Baker, 3286 m high, is prominent on the horizon of southwest British Columbia.

Mount Baker is a stratovolcano, constructed over many thousands of years from a mixture of lava and volcanic debris. Like other stratovolcanoes, it has the potential for both explosive and non-explosive eruptions. Mount Baker also has the potential for landslides, debris flows, and lahars (volcanic mudflows and debris flows) because it possesses steep terrain, fractures, and a groundwater system, and is built of rock weakened by hot water and steam.

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