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

By luck of geology, the Pacific Northwest coast isn’t being hit nearly as hard as other areas of the world... Read Story ...

(KOIN) – A new study mapping the Cascadia Subduction Zone is giving scientists clues about the state of the fault line as the Pacific Northwest awaits a potentially catastrophic earthquake.

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.

Scientists say that the Cascadia subduction zone off the coast of the Pacific Northwest has the potential to spark a magnitude-9.0+ earthquake, plus a subsequent tsunami. That scenario last ...

The earthquake was caused by the Cascadia Subduction Zone, the faultline where the Juan de Fuca Plate moves beneath the North American Plate. The Cascadia Subduction Zone fault is 700 miles long ...

A major Cascadia subduction zone earthquake is coming for the West Coast. During that earthquake, parts of California, Oregon and Washington could shake for up to five minutes, as the Juan de Fuca ...

On Sunday, a community remembered a 7-year-old who disappeared from his elementary school in northwest Portland 15 years ago this week. The suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, was expected to face ...

Who's going to save you in the event of a magnitude 9.0 or greater Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake? If you believe local law enforcement, fire officials and emergency responders are going to ...

if and when a major Cascadia quake strikes, there won’t be time for an official warning for high-risk coastal areas along the subduction zone. “For an event that strong, the earthquake is your ...

DOT officials look down to the landslide that occurred during the 2001 Nisqually earthquake. Bruce Kellman The News Tribune file, 2001 A string of earthquakes is sometimes interpreted as a sign ...

EUGENE, Ore. (NBC) -- 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 ...