The Cascadia Subduction Zone, a major fault that runs offshore from Northern California to British Columbia, is best known for putting the coast in danger of large earthquakes and tsunamis. A new ...

Landslide-generated tsunamis pose a serious risk to coastal communities, particularly within narrow fjords where tall cliffs ...

It's a matter of when -- not if -- a significant earthquake will shake the Pacific Northwest, and a new study says some areas ...

The likelihood of a powerful earthquake ... risk ratios. But continuing aftershocks from the massive earthquake that struck on March 11, 2011, and left nearly 20,000 people dead in the tsunami ...

A Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake could cause long-lasting changes to Washington’s landscape, coastline and floodplain, a ...

The core premise of the study lies in addressing the persistent limitations of traditional tsunami prediction systems. These ...

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coasts of Chile and Argentina on Friday, triggering a tsunami warning, but ...

A recent study found that a powerful quake off the Pacific Northwest could force the ground to sink up to 2 m, leading to ...

Chile earthquake: A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coasts of Chile and Argentina on Friday, the United ...

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Indonesia's Sulawesi region on Saturday, according to the country's Meteorology, ...

An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted off Indonesia''s eastern Maluku province on Thursday morning, without triggering large waves, the country''s Meteorology, Climatology and ...

(USGS) One of the biggest impacts of a sudden decline in elevation would be a significant increase in the flooding risk across the region. If a great earthquake ... and a Pacific-wide tsunami ...