The Cascadia Subduction Zone off the Pacific Northwest is overdue for an earthquake – and when it happens, coastal communities will be devastated.
A new look at the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate beneath the coast of northern Oregon suggests this subducting slab is shallower ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Workers check damage to Interstate 880 in Oakland after it collapsed during the Loma Prieta earthquake in October 1989. (Paul ...
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San Andreas, Cascadia faults could combine to produce back-to-back earthquake disasters, new research suggests
They are two of the West Coast's most destructive generators of huge earthquakes: the San Andreas fault in California and the Cascadia subduction zone offshore of California's North Coast, Oregon, ...
A major earthquake could hit the Pacific Northwest at any moment. It’s not a matter of if, but when. And, with students back to school this fall, some in unreinforced, 100-year-old buildings, most ...
Workers check damage to Interstate 880 in Oakland after it collapsed during the Loma Prieta earthquake in October 1989. (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press) They are two of the West Coast's most ...
It’s not a matter of if, but when. The big one, so to speak, is coming. And according to recent study from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, there’s a 15% chance of a rupture in the ...
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