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

A long-feared monster earthquake off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington could cause some areas to sink by more ...

A powerful earthquake, combined with rising sea levels, could significantly increase flood risks in the Pacific Northwest, ...

Scientists are sounding the alarm on a 'sleeping giant' off the coast of California, warning it could sink land in several ...

The geology of the Cascadia subduction zone has largely staved off climate-related sea-level rise in the Pacific Northwest, ...

Thousands in the Pacific Northwest face a heightened flood risk, not just from rising sea levels, but from the land itself ...

The Cascadia subduction zone is an offshore boundary that stretches ... The study pointed out that current tsunami hazard maps don’t take into account future sea-level rise; a relatively small ...

The most recent risk assessment, outlined in maps published by the California ... The last megaquake on the Cascadia subduction zone, registering a magnitude 9, occurred in 1700.

The Cascadia Subduction Zone has historically produced 8.0 or larger ... This technique uses maps and location data to measure how land, water or cities might be affected by events such as ...