A new study from geologists at the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has found that the impact of a magnitude 7.5 earthquake on the Seattle Fault could cause tsunami waves as ...

Adding to the threat, a major earthquake generated by the nearby Cascadia subduction ... ALSO SEE | Watch: Tsunami's devastating impact on Washington after potential 9.0 quake While it may be a ...

Three Washington areas were considered ... While people typically think of the earthquake’s immediate impact, Tobin said that there are other, longer-term effects that need to be considered ...

Even if coastal towns in Northern California, Oregon and Washington withstand ... a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake has not been previously quantified, and the impacts to land use could ...

off the coast of Washington is the Cascadia Subduction Zone – a 700-mile long fault capable of producing earthquakes up to Magnitude 9 and tsunamis that will impact the entire coast." ...

Many earthquakes in Washington state are linked to the motion ... and one plate slips beneath the other one. These quakes can impact a large area but are less intense. Subduction zone earthquakes ...

Many earthquakes in Washington state are linked to the motion ... and one plate slips beneath the other one. These quakes can impact a large area but are less intense. Subduction zone earthquakes ...