A groundbreaking study in Science Advances reveals that Earth's tectonic plates are breaking apart under the Cascadia subduction zone. Geologists from.

Scientists have long known about a major fault off the Pacific Northwest coast that could potentially cause a major ...

A new study suggests northern Oregon could experience stronger shaking during a major Cascadia earthquake than earlier models ...

Scientists are continuing to find evidence that the earth beneath the Pacific Northwest is tearing apart, underscoring the ...

Scientists have, for the first time, clearly captured a subduction zone in the act of breaking apart. These zones form where one tectonic plate sinks ...

Subduction zones can look permanent on a map. They run for hundreds or thousands of miles, haul oceanic crust into the mantle, feed volcanoes, and store the strain that drives some of Earth’s most ...

New geological models and updated hazard assessments from the U.S. Geological Survey and leading universities are once again ...

A hidden network of earthquake faults running beneath Seattle may be far more active than scientists realized. New research ...

New license plates are coming out all across the country in 2026, and we've highlighted the best ones. Which state plate is your favorite? It’s fun to try to decipher the clever sayings people put on ...

1st May 2026: We added new ZZZ codes. Zenless Zone Zero is the latest free-to-play RPG from HoYoverse, and if there's one thing we know about F2P games, it's that their developers love to throw out ...

PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — Lahars are some of the most dangerous natural events connected to our Cascade volcanoes, destructive volcanic mudflows that can slam communities far from the mountains. “Some ...