With a massive Cascadia subduction zone earthquake looming in the Pacific Northwest, Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill ...

While Cascadia hasn't produced a great earthquake since 1700, it's only a matter of time. Scientists can't predict ...

Geologist Robert Yeats, author of 'Earthquake Time Bombs', has highlighted the risks associated with the presence of several large US cities in the Pacific Northwest's Cascadia subduction zone.

OKANOGAN, Wash. — A 3.0 magnitude earthquake struck early Wednesday morning near Okanogan.

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 ...

As part of a worldwide effort, the annual Great Oregon ShakeOut took place Thursday morning to encourage people to focus on earthquake preparedness. The ShakeOut occurs on the third Thursday of ...

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 ...

That is, of course, a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake registering in the high 8 and even 9 range that could happen in 50 years, 100 years, or before you finish reading this sentence.

Phelps and other disaster managers are pushing that point because the Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake is not the apocalypse. Most of us will live through it when it happens. But what our ...

Much longer, up to 150 years? Image 1: Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake cycle recorded in salt marsh stratigraphy and computed tomography (CT) scan of a 80 cm sediment core collected from an Oregon ...

Wildfires and hurricanes are dominating the disaster spotlight, but the threat of a massive earthquake still simmers beneath the surface in the Pacific Northwest. The National Science Foundation ...