The Cascadia Subduction Zone is capable of generating powerful earthquakes. The study found compact sediments along the coast of Washington and northern Oregon, a result that suggests that the ...

The researchers theorize that these far-off remnants could either be deposits of silica-rich material that have hung around ...

Oregon scientists are hoping to help the coastal communities survive a major inundation in various ways. One of those is ...

One example of these areas is in the western Pacific, where the presence of a submerged plate should be impossible, as there’s been no subduction zone nearby in recent geologic history.

The Pacific Northwest is at risk for a mega-earthquake because of the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The region is primed for powerful quakes, with a particularly strong one called the Big One ...

Now, scientists aim to get their clearest picture yet of the complex mechanics of our big-risk Hikurangi Subduction Zone – and what sets it apart from similar systems around the planet.

Most tsunamis around the Pacific Basin are caused by major displacements of the sea floor during very large subduction zone earthquakes ... America trenches, for example. The thinner and denser ...