The Cascadia Subduction Zone, a major fault that runs offshore from Northern California to British Columbia, is best known ...

For millions of years, Earth’s moving plates have sculpted continents, carved oceans, and built massive mountain ranges. Yet ...

When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five ...

A new study warns that a megathrust earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone could cause coastal land to sink permanently.

The next great earthquake isn't the only threat to the Pacific Northwest. A powerful earthquake, combined with rising sea ...

A future Cascadia earthquake could unleash far more than just devastating shaking — it could sink large parts of the Pacific ...

Thousands in the Pacific Northwest face a heightened flood risk, not just from rising sea levels, but from the land itself ...

Volatiles are crucial for sustaining life and Earth's habitability, with subduction zones being the main pathways for these ...

America faces greater earthquake risks as certain fault zones expand. Learn the new hotspots, expert warnings, and how ...

The study, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), found that a major earthquake ...