Abrupt earthquake-triggered land changes are not a new idea. The earliest written accounts of great earthquakes causing the ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek experienced record-breaking heat in Japan on his walking journey. Salopek witnessed ...

Scientists have uncovered one of the most exciting geological discoveries of the decade – the long-lost Pontus tectonic plate ...

The next major Pacific Northwest earthquake could cause coastal land to sink by up to 6.5 feet in a matter of minutes — and ...

Scientists have been able to pinpoint the date of the last major Cascadia subduction zone quake – on Jan. 26, 1700 an estimated 9.0 earthquake caused the coastline to drop several feet and sent a ...

The Pacific Northwest is ripe for a major earthquake — and shaking and tsunamis wouldn’t be the only threats from such an event, according to new research. Coastal land would also sink nearly seven ...

A new study is fueling speculation and fear about the risks of a major earthquake in the Cascadia subduction zone, including ...

A long-feared monster earthquake off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington could cause some areas to sink by more ...

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