Focusing on an area off the coast of Crescent City, California, the researchers used autonomous and remotely operated ...

The expansion of the coastal floodplain following a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake has not been previously quantified, ...

The Makran Subduction Zone is a significant but understudied source of tsunamigenic earthquakes impacting the northern Indian Ocean. Despite more than ...

Scientists are uncovering a hidden and surprisingly complex earthquake zone beneath Northern California by tracking swarms of ...

Along the remote coast where the San Andreas Fault meets the Cascadia subduction zone, earthquakes too small for humans to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A new study mapping the Cascadia Subduction Zone is giving scientists clues about the state of the fault ...

A hidden chunk of an ancient tectonic plate is stuck to the Pacific Ocean floor and sliding under North America, complicating ...

A recent voyage got up close and personal with an underwater fault that could reshape life in the Pacific Northwest. Anne Trehu, a Professor Emeritus who worked at Oregon State University says "There ...

Winter in the Pacific Northwest presents a picturesque landscape characterized by foggy mornings, snow-capped mountains, and resilient evergreen trees. However, beneath this beauty lies the formidable ...

When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five minutes, and tsunami waves as tall as 100 feet could barrel toward shore.