Western Washington tends to have a higher risk of earthquakes than the eastern part of the state, since the state’s Pacific ...

Residents are urged to secure household items, maintain emergency kits, and participate in statewide drills such as the Great ...

Jakarta is one of the largest cities in the world and one of the most earthquake-prone. It is located within the Pacific Ring ...

The Cascadia fault line extends over 620 miles through the ... A map shows significant earthquakes in Washington since 1872. Courtesy Washington Emergency Management Division In addition to ...

With Washington’s location along the Cascadia Subduction Zone and several active fault lines in the state, more than 1,000 earthquakes occur in the state each year, according to the Washington ...

A 3.2-magnitude earthquake shook parts of east King County early Thursday afternoon, just hours after a similar quake in Bremerton.

The Cascadia Subduction Zone, capable of producing a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, last produced a major quake in 1700. The fault goes an average ... “The bottom line is, it is a myth,” Tobin ...