The Juan de Fuca Plate is slowly being subducted beneath the North American Plate along the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which runs from northern California to British Columbia. This tectonic ...

The 7.7-magnitude earthquake that rocked Myanmar and Thailand on March 28 is a chilling reminder for everyone to start taking seriously the ever-present threats that come with living in the so-called ...

But unlike builders eyeing blocks of tract homes on undeveloped land, property owners in the fire zones have set desires and circumstances. Different insurance payouts and design preferences make ...

While this causes “strike slip” quakes that are normally less powerful than those seen in “subduction zones” like Indonesia’s Sumatra, where one plate slides under another, they can ...

According to a press release from the University of Washington, the hole was found on top of the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault. This fault is located in the Pacific Northwest. The leak was ...