The West Coast's earthquake nightmare just got worse. Scientists have uncovered evidence that the two most feared fault lines ...

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

NOAA cuts have left the western seaboard without a crucial resource to measure, understand and predict tsunamis ...

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

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

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

Nine earthquake monitoring stations in Alaska are set to go dark, leaving tsunami forecasters without important data to ...

Funding and staffing cuts are shuttering the monitoring stations that sustain this life-saving early warning system.

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

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 ...

(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 ...