Mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORBs), located far from subduction zones, are typically thought to be unaffected by subduction ...

Tsunamis have hit Washington and the Puget Sound region in the past, and they will happen again in the future.

With a massive Cascadia subduction zone earthquake looming in the Pacific Northwest, Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill ...

Did you feel it? The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN) says a 3.0 magnitude earthquake hit near Okanogan Wednesday ...

Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research ...

OKANOGAN, Wash. — A 3.0 magnitude earthquake struck early Wednesday morning near Okanogan.

Recent discoveries offer deeper insight into the movement of tectonic plates. New research has found that variations in rock ...

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake that rocked the bottom of the South Island struck in a seismic environment poorly understood by scientists – but which poses a major tsunami hazard. The 2.43pm quake hit ...

An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 on the Richter Scale struck South of the Fiji Islands on Monday, a statement by the National ...

HOW often do residents of Dhaka look up at the sky? Our view of the sky is limited due to the presence of high-rise buildings ...

BRIN and BMKG are jointly studying the potential risk of a tsunami impacting the proposed site for the first Nuclear Power ...