The Cascadia Subduction Zone, which is a 600-mile-wide fault system extending from Northern California to Vancouver Island, ...

A new study by geoscientists at Virginia Tech, published in ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’, estimates a 15 ...

It’s been hundreds of years since a great earthquake has occurred along the Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest ...

Researchers found that a potential powerful earthquake combined with rising sea levels could lead to a mega tsunami.

Cascadia’s mega-tsunami risk looms large with a 1,000-foot wave possible. Coastal towns have just 10 minutes to escape as a ...

Melissa Slager is a former Daily Herald reporter and Street Smarts columnist. “Contests of Strength” was released Tuesday. A ...

Virginia Tech scientists warn a mega-tsunami could hit parts of the US, especially Northern California, Oregon, Washington, ...

Minor quakes can disrupt natural tectonic patterns deep underground and change stress landscape, new study finds ...

Experts warn of a potential mega-tsunami threatening Northern California, Oregon, and Washington. This catastrophic wave ...

Experts have warned the regions of Hawaii, Alaska and the west coast of the US could be at risk of a 1,000ft 'mega-tsunami' ...

A tsunami like this would wipe out big swaths of coastal cities like Seattle and Portland, and threaten lives of millions of ...

The project transformed two aging opening-air drinking water reservoirs into one seismically resilient underground site.