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Parts of the Pacific Northwest's Cascadia fault are more seismically active than others – new imaging data suggests why

  • Written by Miles Bodmer, PhD Student in Earth Sciences, University of Oregon
What's going on 150 kilometers below the Earth's surface?Good Free Photos

The Pacific Northwest is known for many things – its beer, its music, its mythical large-footed creatures. Most people don’t associate it with earthquakes, but they should. It’s home to the Cascadia megathrust fault that runs 600 miles from Northern...

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