In Unprecedented Observation, Scientists Catch Subduction Zone In The Pacific Northwest “In The Act Of Dying”

An enormous area of the Earth’s crust has torn and slumped, dropping about 5 kilometers (3 miles). We’ve only just noticed because this is happening beneath the Pacific Ocean, but what sounds alarming could eventually end one of the planet’s most dangerous earthquake fault lines. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

The San Andreas Fault gets most of the USA’s attention when it comes to geologic hazards, but it’s the fault line that doesn’t keep triggering earthquakes that can be most damaging. Off the coast of Oregon and Washington, the Cascadia Subduction Zone moves rarely, leaving more time for pressure to build up into something major. A tsunami around 300 years ago , triggered by a Cascadia quake, would be devasta