New research shows that in minutes after the earthquake hits, coastal areas of California, Oregon and Washington could drop ...

A major earthquake may strike the Pacific Northwest region resulting in sinking the coastal land by almost seven feet, ...

One of the most dangerous fault lines that threatens the United States lurks off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, capable ...

A Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake could cause long-lasting changes to Washington’s landscape, coastline and floodplain, a ...

It's not just about loss of life and homes or economic damage; critical wetlands will be gone for good. Scientists issue ...

A recent study found that a powerful quake off the Pacific Northwest could force the ground to sink up to 2 m, leading to ...

When Washingtonians talk about the possibility of a major earthquake in the Cascadia Subduction Zone ... But what could happen to the Pacific Northwest landscape, including its coastline, if ...

If the once-every-500-year Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake doesn’t do enough damage to the coastal Northwest on its own, ...

Across all the locations that the group measured, the low estimates held that the ground would sink by 0.23 to 0.67 meters, depending on the area. The medium estimates ranged from 0.46 to 1.34 meters ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone is a fault that stretches around ... analyzed how such an earthquake could transform the Pacific Northwest, and it's not just powerful waves from a tsunami that ...