What we are reading: No reason for earthquake concerns over seafloor finding

“Tabloid news sites have recently been circulating information about this discovery and claiming it is a harbinger of a large megathrust earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone. This idea misrepresents what we actually learn from observations of Pythia’s Oasis and creates a false sense of alarm.”

Read the complete story at Pacific Northwest Seismic Network’s blog, “Pythia’s Oasis” and at University of Washington’s news release about the finding.