It's a matter of when -- not if -- a significant earthquake will shake the Pacific Northwest, and a new study says some areas ...

If the once-every-500-year Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake doesn’t do enough damage to the coastal Northwest on its own, frequent and widespread flooding from rising seas that follows will take ca ...

A big earthquake along the Cascadia fault could cause Washington's coastal lands to suddenly drop nearly 7 feet, instantly increasing the flood risk to beachside communities, new research shows.

A Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake could cause long-lasting changes to Washington’s landscape, coastline and floodplain, a ...

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

Feb. 14, 2025 — In late July to October 2022, residents of the Manu'a Islands in American Samoa felt the earth shake several times a day, raising concerns of an imminent volcanic eruption or ...

The effects of this movement are already being felt—and measured—with real consequences. Seismic Stress and the Rise of a New Collision Zone One of the clearest indicators of Australia’s advancing ...

A Japanese researcher says it is likely that an underground mountain beneath Tokyo Bay has been triggering frequent earthquakes in ... that of the Pacific plate's subduction.

At the same time, the researchers found that the width of creep zones at these earthquakes are much narrower, both near the surface and 10–25 kilometers deep in the earth. The creep zones ...

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