Scientists warn if a 1,000-ft ‘mega-tsunami’ spurs from an active fault line it could wipe part of America off the map - ...

Researchers found that a potential powerful earthquake combined with rising sea levels could lead to a mega tsunami.

New research, led by the University of Washington, reveals new information about the Cascadia Subduction Zone will force a ...

A long-feared monster earthquake off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington could cause some areas to sink by more ...

(KOIN) – A major earthquake waiting to strike the Cascadia Subduction Zone isn’t the ... to prevent sediment erosion and protect property damage. Dura explained that the loss of these ...

(NBC) -- When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault ... energy to prevent sediment erosion and protect property damage. According to Dura, the loss of these ecosystems ...

A powerful earthquake, combined with rising sea levels, could significantly increase flood risks in the Pacific Northwest, impacting thousands of residents and properties in northern California, ...

Almost no one was aware of how land levels could change both during earthquakes and in the long intervals between them. In ...

When Washingtonians talk about the possibility of a major earthquake ... Cascadia Subduction Zone, the conversation typically focuses on the immediate impacts: the threat of casualties, building ...

including the possibility of a much larger Cascadia subduction zone event that could cause widespread damage and flooding. A study on ground sinking after a major earthquake and guidance on ...

This is called the Cascadia Subduction Zone. According to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR), earthquakes happen in Washington every day, but most are too small to be felt.

Illustration of the Cascadia subduction zone, a region where the patterns examined in this study play out. (Credit: Carie Frantz, Wikimedia Commons) When we think of earthquakes, we imagine sudden, ...