Scientists investigate the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the Pacific Northwest, and the potential for a catastrophic tsunami.

Imagine a massive wall of water slamming into the West Coast, giving residents just minutes to escape. This nightmare ...

The tsunami wave from an anticipated earthquake off the West Coast could reach 100 feet and permanently flood parts of the ...

Just off the coast of the Pacific Northwest is the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a complex collection of earthquake faults created... Read Story ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone is a 620-mile-long fault that stretches from British Columbia to Northern California, and pressure is building daily.

Why is Cascadia Subduction Zone important for the US West Coast after the 6.3 magnitude earthquake today? Today’s 6.3 magnitude earthquake has sparked fear the ‘Big One’ could hit anytime now.

PORTLAND, Ore. – A new study by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) says a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake could injure as many as 27,000 people in Clackamas ...

Subduction Denialism, Part 3: Sedimentation in the Cascadia subduction zone Note: This post is the third in a three-part series — please see Part 1 and Part 2 from earlier today before ...

The last time the Cascadia subduction zone burped up a massive, zone-wide earthquake was way back in 1700. No one knows when it will happen again: it could be this year or more than 100 years from ...

, subduction zones produce the largest earthquakes which can exceed magnitude 9.0. Cascadia has a history of significant quakes every 400 years and experts predict that after years of storing up ...

The Cascadia is one of 10 subduction zones around the world being investigated. The San Andreas fault in California slides side to side, but the Cascadia Subduction Zone moves up and down.