Researchers are expressing renewed concern regarding the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a 700-mile fault line situated off the US West Coast that has not experienced a major rupture in centuries. A ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone off the Pacific Northwest is overdue for an earthquake – and when it happens, coastal ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone is “unusually quiet,” for a megathrust fault, making it more difficult for scientists to ...

Most Americans think of earthquakes as a California problem. Something that happens to other people, somewhere out west, on ...

Portland State University scientists are developing a soil treatment, using microbes, to combat soil liquefaction.

Tremors beneath Northern California show hidden plate movement, helping scientists better understand where future big ...

Laying on the stiff mattress of her dorm bedroom, Winona thumbed the corner of her comforter as her mom rattled on about her job at the local supermarket, the phone pressed to her ear. The poster to ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — Early Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey detected a minor submarine earthquake on a historic fault line off the Lowcountry’s coast. At 3:48 a.m., a 2.0 magnitude ...

Washington’s short, even-year 60-day legislative session is always a sprint for housing advocates like myself. But it felt like this one jumped out of the gate faster than usual in January, despite an ...

The Cascade Subduction Zone affects where the ocean meets the land, and that land is rising in some parts of the Oregon Coast. FILE - Crowds gather to watch the king tides at Indian Beach in Ecola ...

If there was any doubt that Gavin Newsom would seek Democrats’ 2028 presidential nomination, his comments on Tuesday should put that to rest. Indeed, looking to shore up support with an increasingly ...