A Cascadia subduction zone earthquake is coming for the Pacific Northwest, and when it hits, scientists now believe, it could ...

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

Scientists from Oregon State University studying sediment layers in the Pacific Ocean have discovered that two of the most ...

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

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

New research offers the theory that the San Andreas fault and the Cascadia subduction zone could produce devastating ...

Scientists at Oregon State University say there's new evidence that two of the best-known earthquake fault lines on the West ...

A new study from Oregon State University (OSU) warns that two of the West Coast's most powerful fault lines, the Cascadia ...

A new study suggests that the 'Big One' earthquake on the West Coast of the United States could actually be two separate ...

The Juan de Fuca Plate has been steadily pushing against the Pacific Coast as it slides beneath the North American Plate. But ...

When the tectonic subduction zone beneath the Pacific Northwest moves, it does so in dramatic fashion. Not only is ground ...

Geosphere, demonstrating the first evidence that the two faults have interacted repeatedly over thousands of years. The ...