This area, called the Cascadia Subduction Zone, hosts a megathrust fault, a place where tectonic plates move against each other in a highly dangerous way. The plates can periodically lock up and ...

(KOIN) – A new study mapping the Cascadia Subduction Zone is giving scientists clues ... the fault is between the down-going ...

The Cascadia subduction zone, where the oceanic Juan de Fuca plate descends beneath the overlying North American plate, extends 1100 km from northern California to northern Vancouver Island.

Although the quake was relatively modest, it was reportedly felt in several surrounding communities, including Enumclaw (12.5 ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone is capable of generating powerful earthquakes. The study found compact sediments along the coast of Washington and northern Oregon, a result that suggests that the ...

New research reveals a surprising link between the ancient tectonic history of oceanic plates and their fate as they subduct ...

In my novel, Tilt, the earthquake strikes in the late morning, on a weekday. My protagonist, Annie, 37 weeks pregnant, is ...

He said these bursts of small tremors and slips occur about every 15 months along faults that form the boundaries of tectonic plates — in our case, the Cascadia subduction zone from Brooks ...

Scientists have worked for years to build better systems to keep people safe from earthquakes and volcanoes. Will those systems survive?

Image 0: Me collecting sediment cores in Netarts Bay, Oregon. The Cascadia Subduction Zone, which spans from British Columbia to Northern California, periodically experiences megathrust earthquakes M ...

Wildfires and hurricanes are dominating the disaster spotlight, but the threat of a massive earthquake still simmers beneath the surface in the Pacific Northwest. The National Science Foundation ...