This area, called the Cascadia Subduction Zone, hosts a megathrust fault, a place where tectonic plates move against each ...

The Cascadia subduction zone, where the oceanic Juan de Fuca plate descends beneath the overlying North American plate, extends 1100 km from northern California to northern Vancouver Island.

A breakthrough study has provided the most detailed 3D look yet at the inner workings of the Tonga Subduction Zone, where ...

A University of Michigan study looking at a small region in Japan has shown that the properties of fault zone rocks really matter for the generation of earthquakes.

The Cascadia subduction zone fault could kill thousands and render ... of volcanoes and faults that surround the Pacific Ocean plate: The next step was to figure out if Cascadia was ever active.

Monday’s early morning earthquake rattled a few nerves and had many Islanders thinking about the 'great' rattlers that have come and gone, as well as the 'big ones' looming ...

By Brian Brown, president and partner at food marketing agency Ingredient  For those living on the West Coast of North ...

Karen Andreika arrived in Depoe Bay, Oregon, from Northern California a decade ago just as The New Yorker published an article about Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquakes and the likelihood of a ...

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 ...