Researchers using new technology to map the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the U.S. West Coast discovered a new danger zone. Here’s where, and why.

A new study, resorting to computational models, predicts that a subduction zone currently below the Gibraltar Strait will propagate further inside the Atlantic and contribute to forming an Atlantic ...

The world’s biggest geohazards, such as earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions, all originate in subduction zones — regions where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another into the Earth’s mantle ...

This map models locking at the Cascadia Subduction Zone, with red showing where the plates are tightly locked and orange/yellow indicating less locking. The study sites are marked with small red ...

Recent seismic imaging off Vancouver Island has revealed something extraordinary: a tear in the subducting oceanic plate beneath the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The finding briefly raised the public’s ...

Groundbreaking research has provided new insight into the tectonic plate shifts that create some of the Earth's largest earthquakes and tsunamis. Groundbreaking research has provided new insight into ...

On Jan. 26, 1700, one of the largest earthquakes in human history struck off the West Coast of the United States, causing a tsunami and significant changes to the coastline from southern British ...

Researchers using new technology to map the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the U.S. West Coast discovered a new danger zone. Here’s where, and why. Trump's approval rating hits new low with his most ...

Maps showing the evolution of the Gibraltar subduction zone from 30 million years ago to 50 million years into the future. From Duarte et al., 2024. Credit must be given to the creator. Only ...