“The Pacific Northwest Disaster Guide” is published by Ooligan Press, a student-run publishing house at Portland State ...

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 ...

A major Cascadia subduction zone earthquake is coming for the West Coast. During that earthquake, parts of California, Oregon and Washington could shake for up to five minutes, as the Juan de Fuca ...

A new study warns parts of the Pacific Coast, including Western Washington, could sink several feet during a major offshore ...

Earthquakes are part of nature but they do not have to be disasters. DW looks at some countries that are showing how ...

Earthquakes are part of nature but they do not have to be disasters. DW looks at some countries that are showing how ...

and how we interpret ancient seismic events. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Fault zones are often wide, branching networks rather than narrow lines, requiring a shift to 3D models for better earthquake ...

As Japan braces for looming threats like the Nankai Megathrust and a major Tokyo earthquake, this episode serves as both a warning and a call to action. The nation may not know when or where the ...

The epicenter of the earthquake was located in northern Nagano Prefecture, with the strongest shaking reaching intensity 5- (on the Japanese scale). The tremor was felt as far east as Tokyo and as far ...

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.