Researchers modeled the consequences of a major earthquake in the Cascadia subduction zone. According to their findings, the ground could sink by up to 6.5 feet (2 meters), worsening flood risks in ...

In the past two decades, as public awareness of a great earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone has grown, there has been much outreach on shaking hazards and tsunami potential but little focus ...

A submarine volcano 300 miles off the coast of Oregon could erupt for the first time since 2015, spewing “very fluid lava” into the sea where scientists were recently recording more than 1,000 ...

FEMA is looking at reducing its scope to only responding to large-scale disasters, like a potential major earthquake in the Cascadia Subduction Zone or large tornadoes, Bence said. The federal agency ...

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A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) warns that when we experience the next Cascadia subduction zone earthquake, land near the coast may rise or fall ...

Scientists believe a major earthquake will eventually rupture the Cascadia subduction zone, a fault that runs from Vancouver Island in Canada to northern California, and predictions for that rupture ...

A team led by Tina Dura, an assistant professor of geosciences at Virginia Tech, used several models to gauge the extent to which land would be lost in the event of a great earthquake. Using ...

To ensure the success of rehabilitation, accurate cross-section measurements were necessary. The historic construction methods presented unique challenges, such as curved layouts and inaccessible ...