The latest in a series of North Carolina earthquakes struck on Friday, with the magnitude 2.1 tremor shaking the town of West Canton. Geologists reportedly say a fault is now active.
University of Washington researchers discovered warm liquid coming from the seafloor off the coast of Oregon. This allows them to better study the Cascadia Subduction Zone.on Friday, which is reportedly indicative of an old fault line that is now active.
Friday's early morning quake was magnitude 2.1 and was centered about four kilometers to the north of West Canton. The 2.1 quake hit early Friday morning, about four kilometers north of West Canton, North Carolina.
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