The Cascadia Subduction Zone, which is a 600-mile-wide fault system extending from Northern California to Vancouver Island, Canada, is the epicenter of a potentially disastrous seismic event. A ...

(a) Geological units and earthquake distribution of an oceanic subduction zone. The orange shadow beneath the volcanic arc represents partially molten areas and magma channels. (b) Thermal structure ...

The Pacific Northwest sits atop one of the most dangerous fault systems on Earth, yet daily life from Seattle to Portland rarely reflects that reality. The Cascadia Subduction Zone, a 700-mile ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A new study mapping the Cascadia Subduction Zone is giving scientists clues about the state of the fault ...

Movements and pressure occurring between three major tectonic plates in the subduction zone near Sabah have been identified ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – January 26 marked the 325th anniversary since the last earthquake struck the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Centuries later, the ancient quake has left clues for scientists to ...

SEATTLE — The threat of an earthquake at any given moment in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho is real. Right below our feet is the meeting place of multiple tectonic plates, slowly moving and pushing ...

On Jan. 26, 1700, one of the largest earthquakes in human history struck off the West Coast of the United States, causing a tsunami and significant changes to the coastline from southern British ...

Jessica DePaolis (second from left) and the team of researchers studied and compared sedimentary core samples in Montague Island, Alaska, and found evidence that four of the past eight earthquakes ...

A Portland man has been found guilty of failing to obey a lawful order and creating a disturbance at the ICE facility in South Portland. With Lloyd Center's ice rink soon to be gone, many want ...