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

When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. Pacific Northwest fault zone could trigger a catastrophic 5-minute quake, new research warns Skip to main content ...

The Cascadia subduction zone (CSZ) is a 1,100-(680 mile) kilometer Pacific fault that runs roughly from Cape Mendocino, California in the south to northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

The Cascadia Subduction Zone off the coast of the Pacific Northwest has all the ingredients for making powerful earthquakes -- and according to the geological record, the region is due for its ...

The fault that spawned the Mexico quake is very similar to the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a 700-mile-long fault off the Pacific Northwest coast. Earthquakes may be unpredictable — but they are ...

This Pacific Northwest Seismic Network map shows the epicenter of the 2.8-magnitude earthquake that stuck Clark ... The Ring of Fire is the horseshoe-shaped zone around rim of the Pacific Ocean.

The last time this Cascadia subduction zone shook off a major earthquake was in 1700. Since then, the coastline has been rising by 0.04 to 0.12 inch (1 to 3 millimeters) a year, slightly outpacing ...

Seattle is 54 miles northwest of Mount Rainier, the highest mountain in the Cascade Range. It rises along the fault line called the Cascadia subduction zone.

But they can’t say exactly when the Pacific Northwest’s “Big One” could strike. The last great earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone occurred in January 1700, and big events are ...

The compact sediments in an area called the Cascadia subduction zone offshore the Pacific Northwest increase the likelihood of major earthquakes and tsunamis. Subduction zones are where a tectonic ...

In the latest issue of The New Yorker, Kathryn Schulz writes extensively and captivatingly on the Pacific Northwest’s 700-mile-long Cascadia subduction zone, and the cataclysm that is projected ...

Just off the coast of the Pacific Northwest is the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a complex collection of earthquake faults created by one tectonic plate pushing its way under another. Every 400-600 ...