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

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

Flooding during a Cascadia region earthquake would alter the topography and ecosystems of the coastal region for years to ...

A careful analysis of the complex boundary where four tectonic plates meet reveals that one of the slabs is tearing itself ...

(a) Geological units and earthquake distribution of an oceanic subduction zone. The orange shadow beneath the volcanic arc represents partially molten areas and magma channels. (b) Thermal structure ...

For the first time, scientists have seen a subduction zone actively breaking apart beneath the Pacific Northwest. Seismic ...

Jessica DePaolis (second from left) and the team of researchers studied and compared sedimentary core samples in Montague Island, Alaska, and found evidence that four of the past eight earthquakes ...

The State of Oregon has developed interactive maps to help residents and visitors understand how a tsunami could impact coastal communities. The Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries ...

The federal government promised an Oregon hospital millions of dollars to help prepare for an earthquake. They're still ...

Early data coming in from a massive, four-year deployment of seismometers onshore and offshore in the Pacific Northwest are giving scientists a clearer picture of the Cascadia subduction zone, a ...

Scientists long treated Cascadia and San Andreas as separate, but new research led by Chris Goldfinger suggests they can move ...