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University of Washington: Deepest scientific ocean drilling effort sheds light on Japan's next 'big one'
September 23, 2022
SEATTLE, Washington, Sept. 23 (TNSjou) -- The University of Washington issued the following news release:

Scientists who drilled deeper into an undersea earthquake fault than ever before have found that the tectonic stress in Japan's Nankai subduction zone is less than expected.

The results of the study led by the University of Washington and the University of Texas at Austin, published Sept. 5 in Geology, are a puzzle, since the fault produces a great earthquake a . . .

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