A new study is fueling speculation and fear about the risks of a major earthquake in the Cascadia subduction zone, including ...

Abrupt earthquake-triggered land changes are not a new idea. The earliest written accounts of great earthquakes causing the ...

A major earthquake along a West Coast fault could have catastrophic consequences across coastal Washington, Oregon and ...

A major earthquake waiting to strike the Cascadia Subduction Zone isn’t the only natural disaster looming in the Pacific ...

A Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake could cause long-lasting changes to Washington’s landscape, coastline and floodplain, a ...

New research shows that in minutes after the earthquake hits, coastal areas of California, Oregon and Washington could drop ...

The coastal Pacific Northwest is a subduction zone where oceanic tectonic plates (in this case, the Juan de Fuca and Gorda ...

A major earthquake in the Pacific Northwest could sink land and expand flood zones, putting thousands more at risk.

WASHINGTON, USA — A 2.9 magnitude earthquake was recorded early Tuesday morning in the Olympic National Forest. The shakes ...

This should have West Coasters shaking in their shoes.

But they can’t say exactly when the Pacific Northwest’s “Big One” could strike. The last great earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone occurred in January 1700, and big events are ...