New research shows that in minutes after the earthquake hits, coastal areas of California, Oregon and Washington could drop ...

When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. west coast could shake violently for five ...

The Cascadia subduction zone, where the oceanic Juan de Fuca plate descends beneath the overlying North American plate, extends 1100 km from northern California to northern Vancouver Island.

A major earthquake along a West Coast fault could have catastrophic consequences across coastal Washington, Oregon and ...

A new study warns that a megathrust earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone could cause coastal land to sink ...

The coastal Pacific Northwest is a subduction zone where oceanic tectonic plates (in this case, the Juan de Fuca and Gorda ...

When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five ...