January 26 marked the 325th anniversary since the last earthquake struck the Cascadia subduction zone. Centuries later, the ...

The Cascadia subduction zone, where the oceanic Juan de Fuca plate descends beneath the overlying North American plate, extends 1100 km from northern California to northern Vancouver Island.

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 ...

(KOIN) – A new study mapping the Cascadia Subduction Zone is giving scientists clues ... earthquakes is located offshore,” ...

Amid Earth’s mobile tectonic plates, subduction zones arise as regions of intense geological activity and concentrate minerals into ore deposits like gold.

we aim to image the physical conditions within the subduction zone and along the subduction fault,” Tozer explained. “These conditions are believed to influence where different types of fault ...

bigger threat every few 100 years is from a 9-plus magnitude quake from the Cascadia Subduction Zone," explained FOX 35 Meteorologist Noah Bergren. The Cascadia Subduction Zone is capable of ...

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 ...

This study re-examines a broad region of the Sumatran subduction zone and off-coast southern West Java, building on findings of relative quiescence and utilizing the modified probability gain (mG) ...