Flat faults, like Cascadia, spark giant quakes

Saturday, November 26, 2016 - 11:01 in Earth & Climate

The world’s biggest earthquakes — those reaching magnitude 8.5 and stronger — occur on mostly flat faults such as the West Coast’s Cascadia Subduction Zone, according to UO geologists in the Nov. 25 issue of ... Read more

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