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

The geology of the Cascadia subduction zone has largely staved off climate-related sea-level rise in the Pacific Northwest, ...

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

A major earthquake waiting to strike the Cascadia Subduction Zone isn’t the only natural disaster looming in the Pacific ...

A major earthquake along a West Coast fault could have catastrophic consequences across coastal Washington, Oregon and ...

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

The Cascadia subduction zone is one of many regions in the “Ring of Fire ... 11 great earthquakes have happened approximately ...

A major earthquake in the Pacific Northwest could sink land and expand flood zones, putting thousands more at risk.

This should have West Coasters shaking in their shoes.

They tend to inflate like a balloon in between eruptions. At Axial, the sea floor is actually rising, and that’s a big signal.” ...

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 ...