Warm liquid spewing from Oregon seafloor comes from Cascadia fault, could offer clues to earthquake hazards

Hannah Hickey. The field of plate tectonics is not that old, and scientists continue to learn the details of earthquake-producing geologic faults. The Cascadia Subduction Zone — the eerily quiet offshore fault that threatens to unleash a magnitude-9 earthquake in the Pacific Northwest — still holds many mysteries.

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