For generations, scientists believed that the West Coast’s two great earthquake engines — the Cascadia subduction zone and ...

On Wednesday morning, a 5.4 magnitude earthquake rattled the waters off the coast of Oregon, approximately west of Newport. The tremor occurred around 6 a.m. and was reported by the U.S. Geological ...

One of the most dangerous faults in the United States, the Cascadia Subduction Zone, may be able to trigger an earthquake on the San Andreas Fault, a new study says. But some scientists want more ...

(a) Geological units and earthquake distribution of an oceanic subduction zone. The orange shadow beneath the volcanic arc represents partially molten areas and magma channels. (b) Thermal structure ...

Two earthquakes struck off the Oregon coast on Tuesday, rattling communities along the Pacific Northwest shoreline.

For the first time, scientists have seen a subduction zone actively breaking apart beneath the Pacific Northwest. Seismic ...

A new study found that if “The Big One" hit the Pacific Northwest, it could trigger an even bigger earthquake and affect cities up and down the West Coast.

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 ...

Oceanography, Vol. 32, No. 1, SPECIAL ISSUE ON SCIENTIFIC OCEAN DRILLING: Looking to the Future (MARCH 2019), pp. 80-93 (14 pages) Scientific ocean drilling from 2007 through 2018 has played a major ...

The Pacific Ring of Fire is a vast, horseshoe-shaped belt around the Pacific Ocean that is the world's most seismically and volcanically active zone. This region contains roughly 75% of the world’s ...