NEWPORT Ore. (KPTV) - An earthquake was reported Wednesday off the coast of Oregon, west of Newport around 6 a.m. The ...

A 1,000-foot mega tsunami could devastate the US West Coast — and scientists say it's not a matter of if, but when. The ...

For generations, scientists believed that the West Coast’s two great earthquake engines — the Cascadia subduction zone and ...

Dams are important. In California, they generate 15% of our energy. They also provide storage for much of our drinking and ...

For the first time, scientists have seen a subduction zone actively breaking apart beneath the Pacific Northwest. Seismic ...

For the first time, scientists have directly witnessed a subduction zone -- the place where one tectonic plate plunges beneath another -- in the midst ...

There's an 85% chance that a damaging earthquake could hit Seattle in the next 50 years. Old brick buildings are most at risk, but retrofitting them could mean a loss of affordable housing.

One of the most dangerous faults in the United States, the Cascadia Subduction Zone, may be able to trigger an earthquake on ...