A 4.5 magnitude earthquake by Orcas Island was the largest to hit Washington since 2020. Here’s how you can prepare for even ...

1. Figure 1: Map of the northern Cascadia subduction zone showing the distribution of earthquakes in the subducting Juan de Fuca plate and the locations of seismic cross-sections. Green dashed line ...

Washington hasn’t seen a major earthquake since the 6.8 magnitude Nisqually earthquake in 2001. The Cascadia Subduction Zone, ...

California and many on the West Coast are already highly susceptible to earthquakes due to their ... North America is called ...

The Oregon Department of Emergency Management (OEM) states there is about a 37 percent chance that the Cascadia Subduction Zone will produce an earthquake of magnitude 7.1 or greater within the ...

This is called the Cascadia Subduction Zone. According to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR), earthquakes happen in Washington every day, but most are too small to be felt.

"No tsunami danger presently exists for ... "the big one" — a magnitude 8.0 or higher earthquake — is imminent from the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the coast. Experts say there is a one ...

This is called the Cascadia Subduction Zone. According to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR), earthquakes happen in Washington every day, but most are too small to be felt.

The shakes have left the 'Big One' on many Greater Victorian minds – a megaquake on the boundary between the Juan de Fuca and ...

This is called the Cascadia Subduction Zone. According to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR), earthquakes happen in Washington every day, but most are too small to be felt.

Wildfires and hurricanes are dominating the disaster spotlight, but the threat of a massive earthquake still simmers beneath the surface in the Pacific Northwest. The National Science Foundation ...