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

A recent Virginia Tech study reveals that the Pacific Northwest faces a heightened risk of catastrophic flooding and ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone looks a little different than researchers thought. Here's what that means for "The Big One." ...

A new study by geoscientists at Virginia Tech, published in ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’, estimates a 15 ...

The tsunami wave from an anticipated earthquake off the West Coast could reach 100 feet and permanently flood parts of the ...

Many parts of Oregon are under threat of natural disaster. One risk is unique – it is a statewide burden shouldered by one ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone, which is a 600-mile-wide fault system extending from Northern California to Vancouver Island, ...

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

A “great earthquake,” with a magnitude higher than 8.0, has not happened along the Cascadia subduction zone since January 26, 1700, when a magnitude 9 quake struck the region. Dura and her ...

Scientists have been able to pinpoint the date of the last major Cascadia subduction zone quake – on Jan. 26, 1700 an estimated 9.0 earthquake caused the coastline to drop several feet and sent ...

A new study warns that a megathrust earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone could cause coastal land to sink permanently.

Experts have warned the regions of Hawaii, Alaska and the west coast of the US could be at risk of a 1,000ft 'mega-tsunami' ...