Oregon scientists are leading the world in tsunami research, helping communities better understand and prepare for one of the ...

Scientists have long been observing how something, silently, beneath the ocean, is breaking apart. For the first time in ...

There are many Aberdeens — at least 14 around the world. But there’s only one Hoquiam. That said, how Hoquiam got its unique ...

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

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

Wednesday, Nov. 5 is World Tsunami Awareness Day. Humboldt and Del Norte counties have experienced two tsunami warnings in the last year and it’s clear from our experiences in these events, we’ve ...

For decades, the end-stage life of a subduction zone existed only in theory. Now, for the first time in geologic history, scientists are bearing witness to the Juan de Fuca Plate tearing apart and ...

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

PORT ANGELES — Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show on KONP 1450 AM, 101.7 FM in Port Angeles, 101.3 FM in Sequim and myclallamcounty.com on the internet outside the ...

The earthquakes off the Oregon coast serve as a reminder of the seismic volatility in the Pacific Northwest. The USGS is actively gathering data on the intensity of these quakes through the Community ...