Scientists are warning that a 1,000-foot-tall “mega tsunami” could potentially wipe a large chunk of America off the map – if a strong enough earthquake hits a specific active fault line ...

A recent Virginia Tech study reveals that the Pacific Northwest faces a heightened risk of catastrophic flooding and mega-tsunamis, potentially reaching 1,000 feet. The Cascadia Subduction Zone's ...

For hundreds of years, the Cascadia subduction zone has been quiet. But on Jan. 26, 1700, the earth shook. Japanese history records show an “orphan” tsunami traveled across the Pacific, with ...

The new maps predict how long it would take evacuees to walk to safety from tsunami zones caused by a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake, a high-magnitude tremor that experts predict could occur ...

Terrifying 1000-foot-tall ‘mega tsunami’ to hit US within the next…, could wipe part of America off the map, cities in danger are… Unlike smaller tsunamis, which may only produce waves a ...

Jan. 26, 2025, marks 325 years since the last great earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone. It’s a time to reflect on what we’ve learned about this largest fault system in the lower 48 ...

This week, it makes far more sense to test an aspect of our tsunami system that didn’t perform very well last December — who should and should not evacuate and how to do so safely and effectively.

Nicknamed the “Big One,” the Cascadia subduction zone earthquake would be 9.0 magnitude and inflict untold damage upon Tacoma, Pierce County.

The tsunami hazard area (shaded orange) represents the “maximum considered tsunami runup from several extreme, infrequent, and realistic tsunami sources,” according to the California Department of ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) is a 600-mile-long fault line that stretches from Northern California to Vancouver Island in Canada. It marks the boundary where the Juan de Fuca Plate is being ...