A 1954 earthquake that rattled Northern California was likely caused by the infamous Cascadia Subduction Zone, a new study finds. The linking of the magnitude 6.5 quake with this particular seismic zone is important, because the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which stretches from northern California to Vancouver Island in Canada, is not known to give off many small or medium quakes. …
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