Scientists discovered a crack under the sea off Vancouver Island, NFZ in Cascadia region, that could alter Pacific subduction ...

The discovery, made just off the coast of Vancouver Island in the Pacific Ocean, shows that a section of the oceanic crust is ...

Coastal mountain ranges are forming as material from the ocean is scraped off the top of the subducting Juan de Fuca Plate. This photo shows Redwood National and State Parks in California. Scientists ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A new study mapping the Cascadia Subduction Zone is giving scientists clues about the state of the fault line as the Pacific Northwest awaits a potentially catastrophic ...

Even long-lived subduction zones eventually die, and scientists believe they are witnessing the slow death of one in the ...

A schematic cross section of the Cascadia Subduction Zone shows the ocean floor plate (light gray) moving under the North American continental plate, along with other features. Credit: U.S. Geological ...

When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five minutes, and tsunami waves as tall as 100 feet could barrel toward shore.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The floor of the ocean off the coast of the Pacific Northwest has sprung a leak. The spring, known as Pythia’s Oasis, is likely venting water from ...

SEATTLE — The threat of an earthquake at any given moment in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho is real. Right below our feet is the meeting place of multiple tectonic plates, slowly moving and pushing ...

Off the coasts of southern British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and northern California lies a 600 mile-long strip where the Pacific Ocean floor is slowly diving eastward under North America. This ...

SEATTLE — The threat of an earthquake at any given moment in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho is real. Right below our feet is the meeting place of multiple tectonic plates, slowly moving and pushing ...