SDSU scientists find new fault lines, underwater landslides, tsunami triggers

Two years before Monday’s 5.2-magnitude earthquake, San Diego State University scientists started a project that lead them more than 90 miles off San Diego’s coast line. In February, the group took a 12-day research cruise aboard an oceanographic research vessel called the “Sally Ride.”

Scientists dredged rocks and mapped the seafloor to find new fault lines, underwater landslides and potential tsunami triggers.

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