Minor quakes can disrupt natural tectonic patterns deep underground and change stress landscape, new study finds.

(Oregon Department of Transportation/Flickr) If the once-every-500-year Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake doesn’t do enough damage to the coastal Northwest on its own, frequent and widespread ...

If the once-every-500-year Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake doesn’t do enough damage to the coastal Northwest on its own, frequent and widespread flooding from rising seas that follows will take ...

If the once-every-500-year Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake doesn’t do enough damage to the coastal Northwest on its own, frequent and widespread flooding from rising seas that follows will ...

A large Cascadia earthquake could cause sudden sinking in places like the estuary of Naselle River and Willapa Bay. Photo: Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Smarter, faster on ...

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The Cascadia subduction zone is an offshore boundary that stretches from Vancouver Island to northern California, formed by the Juan de Fuca Plate subducting—pushing beneath—the North American ...

A major West Coast earthquake along the Cascadia subduction zone could have an unexpected and destructive side-effect for shoreside communities throughout the region. Research recently published in ...

More than 17,000 people in Oregon, Washington and California could almost instantly be living in a floodplain, the researchers found. If the once-every-500-year Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake ...

This list of stories illustrates the region's seismic activity, including the possibility of a much larger Cascadia subduction zone event that could cause widespread damage and flooding.

A team of researchers from the Virginia Tech University has claimed that a magnitude 8.0 and greater tremor in the Cascadia Subduction Zone could result in a tsunami and severely impact the coastal ...