Warm liquid seeping from the ocean floor off Oregon is offering University of Washington scientists more information about the threat of a major earthquake in the northwest.
The UW-led team made the discovery during a weather-related delay for a cruise aboard a research vessel. The ship’s sonar showed unexpected plumes of bubbles about three-quarters of a mile beneath the ocean’s surface.
“They explored in that direction and what they saw was not just methane bubbles, but water coming out of the seafloor like a firehose,”
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