The quake occurred on the sparsely populated northern coast of California in a seismically complex area known as the Mendocino Triple Junction. It is where three tectonic plates meet and the Northwest ...

Most of us would rather not think about what our lives will be like in the aftermath of the Big One – a magnitude 9.0 rupture ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – After the House of Representatives passed a resolution on Tuesday to fund the federal government and avoid a shutdown, two Oregon state lawmakers are denouncing proposed ...

Americans have long lived in fear of the 'Big One' - an earthquake so enormous it would devastate the West Coast. The harrowing images of Thailand and Myanmar on Friday morning after a 7.7 ...

Earthquake experts say current building codes don’t reflect the riskiest features of the Seattle area’s geology — but the outlook for survivability looks a lot better if the Really Big ...

You can’t feel it, but the ground far beneath our feet on south-central Vancouver Island has been moving. Seismologists have been recording thousands of “episodic tremor and slip events ...

Emma Pattee’s first novel, “Tilt,” tells the story of a pregnant Portland woman who is shopping for a crib at IKEA when the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake hits. Portland author Emma ...

VASHON ISLAND, Wash. — An earthquake struck Vashon Island late Monday night, according to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN). The tremors spread across a wide area, with people in ...

The Cascadia subduction zone fault could kill thousands and render the greater Pacific Northwest unrecognizable during its next big slip. Researchers think the region is due for a devastating 8.0 ...

Most of us would rather not think about what our lives will be like in the aftermath of the Big One – a magnitude 9.0 rupture of the offshore Cascadia earthquake fault. Yet, it’s worth ...