Abrupt earthquake-triggered land changes are not a new idea. The earliest written accounts of great earthquakes causing the ...

One of the most dangerous fault lines that threatens the United States lurks off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, capable ...

The last significant earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone was Jan. 26, 1700, when an estimated magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck. This took place more than 100 years before Lewis and Clark ...

a rise resulting from a major earthquake “will happen within minutes, leaving no time for adaptation or mitigation.” The last megaquake on the Cascadia subduction zone, a magnitude 9 monster ...

when sea levels will have risen by about 0.4 to 0.9 meters (1.3 to 3 feet). As the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration makes clear, it's not a matter of if but when the next great ...

simulated the effects of a major Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake. With simulated quakes ranging from 7.7 to 9.2 in magnitude, it found that a strong tremor could cause the ground to sink by ...

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake that struck about 33km off the coast of Hualien City was the "main shock" in a series of quakes in the area, with aftershocks expected over the next three days, the Central ...

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake at a depth of 10km was recorded this morning at 2:18 am with an epicentre offshore of Warnambool. For Victoria State Emergency Service assistance, call 132 500 ...