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 ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A new study mapping the Cascadia Subduction Zone is giving scientists clues about the state of the ...
A similar kind of fault in Japan caused Chile's 2011 Fukushima ... on alert as 4.1 magnitude quake rocks LA and West Coast At ...
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 ...
The Cascadia Subduction Zone, capable of producing a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, last produced a major quake in 1700. The fault goes an average of 535 years between major quakes, according to the ...
The Cascadia subduction zone fault could kill thousands and render the greater Pacific Northwest unrecognizable during its next big slip. Researchers think the region is due for a devastating 8.0 ...
causing a magnitude-8 or -9 earthquake that results in 10 to 20 metres of fault movement, along the hundreds of kilometres that make up the Cascadia fault line. After a great earthquake ...