The relationship between the sites means an earthquake in one zone can trigger an earthquake in the other in a phenomenon ...

Two of the biggest seismic threats on the West Coast — the Cascadia Subduction Zone and the San Andreas Fault — may be more ...

Scientists compared sediment deposits created by underwater landslides from earthquakes within the Cascadia Subduction Zone ...

The so-called “Big One” or Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake expected to trigger disruptive quakes throughout the West ...

The Philippine Trench is known to cause strong earthquakes with magnitudes above 7.0 along the country's eastern coast, even capable of generating two or more earthquakes within a short period of time ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake last hit the coasts of Oregon, Washington and California in 1700, with an estimated ...

A subduction zone near Cascadia is unraveling piece by piece. The process offers a rare glimpse into how tectonic plates die and form new geological boundaries. With unprecedented clarity, researchers ...

The West Coast of North America is a geologically tumultuous zone where tectonic plates collide, subducting under and ...

LSU geologist Brandon Shuck led a study that discovered a tear in a tectonic plate off the coast of Vancouver Island.

A Cascadia subduction zone earthquake is coming for the Pacific Northwest, and when it hits, scientists now believe, it could ...

Samples from the seafloor reveal evidence of several earthquakes along the West Coast’s two major fault zones happening in ...

We know inhaling polluted air harms our lungs—but what about our brains? According to compelling new research, pollution may put you at higher risk of being hospitalized for one of the most common ...