Researchers took a ship off the coasts of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia over the summer of 2021 to map the Cascadia Subduction Zone – discovering one plate near Washington is smoother ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone looks a little different than researchers thought. Here's what that means for 'The Big One' Although the hazards may be different, that does not mean the risk is less ...

Cascadia Subduction Zone: Are Portland and Seattle prepared for an earthquake and tsunami? Updated: Jul. 22, 2010, ... in a subduction zone one plate is pushed under the other.

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.

The “Cascadia subduction zone” derives its name from the Cascade Range of volcanic mountains that parallel the fault from afar and from how one plate subducts, or goes under, another.

The last time the Cascadia subduction zone burped up a massive, zone-wide earthquake was way back in 1700. No one knows when it will happen again: it could be this year or more than 100 years from ...

Note: This post is the third in a three-part series — please see Part 1 and Part 2 from earlier today before continuing — you’ll need the context. The numbering of the figures in this post ...

The earthquake was caused by the Cascadia Subduction Zone, the faultline where the Juan de Fuca Plate moves beneath the North American Plate. The Cascadia Subduction Zone fault is 700 miles long ...

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 ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone looks a little ... That's what many call a catastrophic earthquake that's expected in the not-too-distant future when the Juan de Fuca plate slips beneath the ...