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Confirming the megathrust fault line off Haida Gwaii offers a path to improve tsunami modelling in a zone that has produced ...

A long-forgotten fault in Canada's Yukon Territory has just revealed its dangerous potential. Scientists using cutting-edge ...

The 8.8-magnitude earthquake off the Russian coast last week should serve as a wake-up call for the U.S., which is "overdue" ...

An earthquake centered near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula last week has been called a “wake-up call” for the Pacific Northwest. More important, it should revive thoughts about the threat of a major ear ...

The Tintina fault is thought to have been inactive for more than 40 million years, but new research suggests that earthquakes ...

After a tsunami advisory in WA, many are asking how much warning time we’d get if a major earthquake and tsunami were to ...

A 2014 city of Seattle report examining Seattle's "inherent vulnerability" to a tsunami noted that a tsunami will "almost ...

Coastal California's Crescent City has been known as the tsunami capital of the country for decades. Here's why.

Scientists investigate the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the Pacific Northwest, and the potential for a catastrophic tsunami.

Imagine a massive wall of water slamming into the West Coast, giving residents just minutes to escape. This nightmare ...