(KOIN) – A new study mapping the Cascadia Subduction Zone is giving scientists clues about the state of the fault line as the ...

An earthquake struck off the northern California ... The quake serves as a reminder of the long-term seismic risks posed by the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a less-publicized but potentially ...

The Cascadia subduction zone, where the oceanic Juan de Fuca plate descends beneath the overlying North ... implying they can occur as far west as the Puget Lowland and Georgia basin. The 2001 ...

Geologist Robert Yeats, author of 'Earthquake Time Bombs', has highlighted the risks associated with the presence of several large US cities in the Pacific Northwest's Cascadia subduction zone.

Much longer, up to 150 years? Image 1: Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake cycle recorded in salt marsh stratigraphy and computed tomography (CT) scan of a 80 cm sediment core collected from an Oregon ...

Wildfires and hurricanes are dominating the disaster spotlight, but the threat of a massive earthquake still simmers beneath the surface in the Pacific Northwest. The National Science Foundation ...

Map shows the Cascadia Subduction Zone along the Pacific Northwest coast ... pieces of the upper mantle are rising and modulating earthquake activity. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

They are held by friction in a locked zone, along the upper portion of the subduction fault ... kilometres that make up the Cascadia fault line. After a great earthquake, the two plates lock ...

Despite the ever-looming threat of a major earthquake hitting the Cascadia Subduction Zone, efforts to reinforce Portland’s Burnside Bridge have been delayed.

The Cascadia subduction zone fault could kill thousands and render ... Researchers think the region is due for a devastating 8.0-9.2 magnitude earthquake any day now. The fault runs for 700 ...

Emma Pattee’s first novel, “Tilt,” tells the story of a pregnant Portland woman who is shopping for a crib at IKEA when the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake hits. Portland author Emma ...