![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090509070046im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Fragmented Structure of Seafloor Faults May Dampen Effects
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July 12, 2007
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Many earthquakes in the deep ocean are much smaller in magnitude than expected. Geophysicists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have found new evidence that the fragmented structure of seafloor faults, along with previously unrecognized volcanic activity, may be dampening the effects of these quakes.
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