A collection of recent reports highlights extreme weather events and seismic activity affecting Washington state communities, ...

"The National Seismic Hazard model shows that there is a 15% chance of a large (over magnitude 8) earthquake happening ...

Minor quakes can disrupt natural tectonic patterns deep underground and change stress landscape, new study finds ...

A recent study led by Tina Dura, a geosciences professor at Virginia Tech, has raised significant concerns about the ...

It's not just about loss of life and homes or economic damage; critical wetlands will be gone for good. Scientists issue ...

There are San Andreas faults in many places. They happen where two rigid continental masses slide past each other at fairly rapid pace. The San Andreas fault separates (‘connect’ would be the ...

A massive underwater volcano, Axial Seamount, 300 miles off Oregon’s coast, may erupt soon after over 1,000 daily quakes and ...

Tina Dura, a geosciences professor at Virginia Tech, was the lead author on a new study that examined the risk of major coastal flooding in Washington, Oregon, and Northern California from two factors ...

I organized hazards in categories according to primary causes: shaking due to the passage of seismic waves, fault rupture ...

Dr. Jay Patton of the California Geological Survey joins the show to discuss why land may suddenly jump or fall, the ...

They tend to inflate like a balloon in between eruptions. At Axial, the sea floor is actually rising, and that’s a big signal.” ...

A new report, including contributions from Rowan University climate scientist Andra Garner, Ph.D., suggests that a collapse, ...