A strip of restless ocean off the Pacific Northwest conceals a threat that has been building for centuries. Beneath these ...

The ground beneath the Pacific Northwest is not quiet. Along a vast offshore fault, strain has been building for centuries, and when it finally gives way, the region’s familiar landscape could be ...

Oregon scientists are leading the world in tsunami research, helping communities better understand and prepare for one of the most destructive natural forces on Earth. “It has been over 300 years ...

Scientists discovered that deep earthquake faults can heal far faster than expected, sometimes within hours. Slow slip events ...

Earthquake faults deep in the Earth can glue themselves back together following a seismic event, according to a new study led ...

Julia Shumway / Oregon Capital Chronicle The so-called “Big One” or Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake expected to trigger disruptive quakes throughout the West Coast could cause more damage than ...

The threat of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone has hung over the Pacific Northwest for decades. Seismologists and emergency managers say “The Big One” could be one of the ...

They are two of the West Coast’s most destructive generators of huge earthquakes: The San Andreas fault in California and the Cascadia subduction zone offshore of California’s North Coast, Oregon, ...

When the tectonic subduction zone beneath the Pacific Northwest moves, it does so in dramatic fashion. Not only is ground shaking from a magnitude 9+ earthquake incredibly destructive, the event ...

The disaster caused by a predicted large earthquake in the Pacific Northwest could be compounded by shaking along the San Andreas fault in California, scientists warned. By Sarah Scoles In the world’s ...

The West Coast of North America is a geologically tumultuous zone where tectonic plates collide, subducting under and scraping past one another. Over the eons, this activity has regularly caused major ...