A major West Coast earthquake along the Cascadia subduction zone could have an unexpected and destructive side-effect for shoreside communities throughout the region. Research recently published in ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone is a fault that stretches around 600 miles from Northern California to British Columbia. Most earthquakes that strike this area go unnoticed because it is located 70 ...

The Cascadia subduction zone is an offshore boundary that stretches from Vancouver Island to northern California, formed by the Juan de Fuca Plate subducting—pushing beneath—the North American ...

If the once-every-500-year Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake doesn’t do enough damage to the coastal Northwest on its own, frequent and widespread flooding from rising seas that follows will ...

(Oregon Department of Transportation/Flickr) If the once-every-500-year Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake doesn’t do enough damage to the coastal Northwest on its own, frequent and widespread ...

The study estimated that a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake could result in releases from the CEI Hub's tanks ranging from 94.6 million to 193.7 million gallons, comparable to the BP Deepwater ...

Like the first zone established last month in New Mexico, military personnel are authorized to take custody of migrants who illegally cross the border until they are transferred to civilian ...

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