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 ...

Schematic figure of the subduction zone underneath the Kanto region (left) in Japan and the spatial distribution of magnitude 2 to 6 earthquakes on the subduction zone at 60 to 70 kilometers below ...

This area, called the Cascadia Subduction Zone, hosts a megathrust fault ... they finally lurch against each other. The result: the world's greatest earthquakes, shaking both seabed and land ...

1. Figure 1: Map of the northern Cascadia subduction zone showing the distribution of earthquakes in the subducting Juan de Fuca plate and the locations of seismic cross-sections. Green dashed line ...

The researchers mapped fault during a 41-day research trip in which a vessel trailed miles-long cable along the fault to listen to the seafloor and map an image of the subduction zone. Study ...