The San Andreas and Cascadia Earthquake Faults May Be Linked

The West Coast of North America is a geologically tumultuous zone where tectonic plates collide, subducting under and ...

Cascadia fault megaquake was the worst-case scenario. Scientists just found an even bigger problem

A megaquake in the Pacific Northwest could trigger a large earthquake along California's San Andreas Fault, creating an ...

Scientists have the ‘smoking gun’: Cascadia quake could trigger San Andreas fault

A Cascadia subduction zone earthquake is coming for the Pacific Northwest, and when it hits, scientists now believe, it could cause the San Andreas fault in California to go off.
Scientific American

New Clues Suggest San Andreas and Cascadia Faults May Produce Synchronized Earthquakes

Samples from the seafloor reveal evidence of several earthquakes along the West Coast’s two major fault zones happening in ...
The Press Democrat

San Andreas, Cascadia faults could combine to set off huge double earthquake, new study finds

Although Californians are relatively familiar with the San Andreas Fault, the Cascadia Subduction Zone is in many ways more dangerous. That fault, where the Juan de Fuca Plate is subsiding underneath ...
KING5

The Cascadia Subduction Zone looks a little different than researchers thought. Here's what that means for 'The Big One'

SEATTLE — Newly-released research led by the University of Washington (UW) showed that a feature scientists hypothesized was present along the Cascadia Subduction Zone is missing in places. What does ...

San Andreas, Cascadia faults could combine to produce back-to-back earthquake disasters, new research suggests

New research offers the theory that the San Andreas fault and the Cascadia subduction zone could produce devastating ...
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A Cascadia subduction zone earthquake could increase West Coast flood risk, study finds

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A major earthquake waiting to strike the Cascadia Subduction Zone isn’t the only natural disaster looming in the Pacific Northwest, new research shows. A powerful quake, ...
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Pacific Northwest fault zone could trigger a catastrophic 5-minute quake, new research warns

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.
Newsweek

New California Earthquake Risk Raised by Scientists

A major earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone could cause coastal land from to sink permanently, dramatically increasing the risk of flooding, according to a new study. The research, published ...
KTVZ

Long-term impacts of next Cascadia subduction zone earthquake could be even worse than feared

EUGENE, Ore. (NBC) -- 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 ...
OPB

Cascadia earthquake tsunami threat may not be quite as bad as we thought (but it’s still bad)

Just off the coast of the Pacific Northwest is the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a complex collection of earthquake faults created by one tectonic plate pushing its way under another. Every 400-600 years, ...