Tsunami waves swamped not only the nearby coast ... by local shaking — allowing scientists to pinpoint the last big Cascadia earthquake to Jan. 26, 1700. Scientists now believe there have ...

A flurry of earthquakes in the Seattle area over the last couple of weeks has some residents asking if that means the "Big ...

He told NBC News that if a major quake were to hit the Cascadia, shaking would last five minutes, but tsunami waves would batter the coast for 10 hours. Roads and bridges would be destroyed ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone, located off the coast, has the potential to trigger "the big one", a catastrophic event that could result in severe shaking and a tsunami, warns Tobin. The last ...

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 ...

A 3.2-magnitude earthquake shook parts of east King County early Thursday afternoon, just hours after a similar quake in ...

A 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck Monday morning near the Orcas Island in northern Washington state. The temblor occurred at about 5 a.m. and was centered near the Washington-Canada border, about 18 ...

Washington is at a high risk of experiencing devastating earthquakes, with the potential for a tsunami, warns an expert. Harold Tobin, Director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, has ...

Leonard, who has lived in the region since 2001, said it was unusual for two earthquakes that people could feel to occur in ...

Pacific Northwest Seismic Network Courtesy to The Bellingham Herald No tsunami warning was issued ... That means that the earth’s movement was not along the Cascadia Subduction Zone, where scientists ...

The 4.5 magnitude earthquake originated at 5:02 a.m. 10 kilometers east of Orcas and was felt as far north as Vancouver and as far south as Seattle, according to an estimated shake map from the U.S.

The coast is particularly vulnerable because it’s close to the Cascadia fault line and older ... days and stored them at homes high above the tsunami zone. Newport has invested in creating ...