It sounds like the plot of a disaster movie: a mega earthquake so powerful it could sink part of the U.S. West Coast. But ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A major earthquake waiting to strike the Cascadia Subduction Zone isn’t the only natural disaster looming in the Pacific Northwest, new research shows. A powerful quake ...

The risk of a megaquake in the Cascadia Subduction Zone is nothing new ... for coastal communities now is building vertical evacuation zones, where people can escape flood waters or tsunamis.

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Joe by emailing [email protected] A major earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone could cause coastal land from to sink permanently ...

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 ...

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.

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.

The Cascadia Subduction Zone, where one plate of the Earth’s ... scraping a sharp knife over the sandy section of the core, carried in by the tsunami. “And basically, what we’re standing ...

The study was recently published in the journal Science Advances. A schematic cross-section of the Cascadia Subduction Zone shows the ocean floor plate (light grey) moving under the North American ...

The results don't necessarily change the estimated earthquake frequency in Cascadia, which is about every 500 years, said the researchers. The current frequency estimate is based on a range of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (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 ...