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

A schematic cross section of the Cascadia Subduction Zone shows the ocean floor plate (light gray) moving under the North American continental plate, along with other features. Credit: U.S ...

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

Researchers using new technology to map the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the U.S. West Coast discovered a new danger zone. Here’s where, and why. Russia Calls Trump ‘Emotional’ After Putin ...

Soloman said the new seeps aren’t related to geologic activity but instead occur near vertical faults that crosshatch the Cascadia Subduction Zone ... than the southern section near Oregon.

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 ...

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 ...

Marine geophysicists just published the widest survey of the Cascadia Subduction Zone to date. The Cascadia Subduction Zone is a fault located off the Pacific Coast shoreline, from Northern ...

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 ...

Currently, none of Portland's bridges open to vehicular traffic that span the Willamette River would survive a major Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake, leaving the city's core potentially cut ...

This area, called the Cascadia Subduction Zone, hosts a megathrust fault ... making it potentially the most dangerous section. Also in this segment, the seafloor is subducting under the ...

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.