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Study Shows Seattle Fault May Have Origins in Ancient Tear in Continent
February 7, 2024Categories
Seattle fault
The Seattle fault zone is a network of shallow faults slicing through the lowlands of Puget Sound, threatening to create damaging earthquakes for the more than four million people who live there. A new origin story, proposed by Washington State Department of Natural Resources geophysicist Megan Anderson and others in a new study, could explain the fault system’s earliest history and help scientists improve hazard modeling for the densely populated region.
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