Originally Posted By: hikermor
Serious question -I know we are getting closer, but are you moving south or are we moving north? - I have generally assumed the latter....

As I understand it, the North America plate is moving west, and Alaska is on that. The Pacific plate is moving NW faster, and the California coast is on that. I think the Juan-de-Fuca plate is moving SE, but that's a little plate in between that's almost finished subducting under Washington. I think this is the best map I could find:

http://xenon.colorado.edu/spotlight/index.php?action=kb&page=3
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