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

(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.

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 ...

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

City officials are hoping Tuesday's 316th anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake that struck Oregon in 1700 will be a gentle reminder of why local residents need ...

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 ...

We do, however, have a similarly dangerous fault: the Cascadia subduction zone. A magnitude-9.0 earthquake on the Cascadia fault and the resulting tsunami would kill an estimated 14,000 people in ...

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 ...