The hole in the bottom of the ocean that could trigger a huge US earthquake

The hole in the bottom of the ocean that could trigger a huge US earthquake

There’s a hole in the ocean, and water is flowing into it. The researchers have named it Pythia’s Oasis, and it’s a spring of almost-fresh water most welling up from under the ocean floor through a fault known as the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The spring was accidentally discovered, but will it cause a problem for humanity?  (Picture: Getty) Brendan Philip spotted the bubbles the almost-fresh water spring brought up to the surface, and the …

Scientists Just Found A Mysterious Hole At The Bottom of the Ocean

A mysterious hole has been discovered leaking freshwater from the seafloor off the Pacific Northwest. Known as Pythia’s Oasis, the spring is venting water from beneath a major fault zone. The spring was found accidentally during an oceanographic survey led by researchers from the University of Washington. It appears to emerge from the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a significant tectonic fault off the coasts of Oregon and Washington where two of Eart…