Seattle's massive fault may result from oceanic crust 'unzipping itself' 55 million years ago

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Magnetic data suggest Seattle's fault line formed 55 million years ago, when the southern half of a subducting chain of volcanic islands piled onto the continent and tore apart from the northern half.

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