The Cascadia Subduction Zone, stretching from northern California to British Columbia, is one of the most dangerous seismic ...

Unlike gradual climate-driven events, this potential earthquake would “happen within minutes, leaving no time for adaptation ...

A near-certain disaster looms for California, but there are real things people can do to prepare. Here's what to know about ...

The resulting sea level rise will lead to significant flood risks for huge areas of land, making recovery even harder.

Coastal communities from northern California to British Columbia live atop the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which spans about ...

Researchers developed a fourth-generation buoy in Seattle that can detect an earthquake-triggered tsunami 10-15 minutes ...

A Virginia Tech study highlights the potential for a mega-tsunami triggered by a major earthquake in the Cascadia Subduction ...

Alaska, Hawaii and areas along the mainland West Coast would be at risk if an earthquake erupts along the Cascadia subduction zone within the next 50 years.

A Virginia Tech geoscience professor has delivered a study that examines the risk of major coastal flooding in Washington, Oregon, and Northern California.

“The expansion of the coastal floodplain following a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake has not been previously quantified, and the impacts to land use could significantly increase the timeline ...