PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – January 26 marked the 325th anniversary since the last earthquake struck the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Centuries later, the ancient quake has left clues for scientists to ...
Brian Atwater, a U.S. Geological Survey scientist emeritus, shows off tsunami-deposited mud. COPALIS BEACH, WASH. — When Japan issued its first-ever “megaquake” warning last week, Harold Tobin, ...
The megathrust fault zone is like an air hockey table,’ Solomon, a seafloor geologist at the University of Washington, ...
SEATTLE — Researchers say a recently released study about the discovery of warm liquid spewing from the seafloor off the coast of Oregon could reveal new information about the relationships between ...
A 600-mile fault beneath the Pacific Northwest has been locked for over 300 years, accumulating energy that could trigger a ...
New earthquake research to be presented by Oregon-based geologists next week sounds like a B movie plot: A great earthquake along the Pacific Northwest's offshore Cascadia fault triggers another great ...
About 50 miles off the coast of Newport, hot, mineral-laden seawater is seeping out of the ocean floor at an unprecedented rate. Researchers at the University of Washington say the liquid acts as a ...
Just off the Pacific Northwest coast amid record-breaking heat in 2021, researchers braved oddly cold, stormy seas to study another threat to the region — earthquakes and tsunamis. The team of about ...
A major earthquake could drastically change the geography of the Pacific Northwest and enhance the flood risk for those in the region. The new study, published in the journal Proceedings of the ...
The Big One is making headlines again – and inspiring some dark humor. The Big One, a.k.a. the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake, is the megathrust earthquake that’s expected to happen in the ...
TACOMA — Any parent of a rambunctious youngster can tell you trouble might be afoot when things go quiet in the playroom. Two independent research initiatives indicate there is a comparable situation ...