1. Figure 1: Map of the northern Cascadia subduction zone showing the distribution of earthquakes in the subducting Juan de Fuca plate and the locations of seismic cross-sections. Green dashed line ...

A new study mapping the Cascadia Subduction Zone is giving scientists clues about the state of the fault line as the Pacific ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone is capable of generating powerful earthquakes. The study found compact sediments along the coast of Washington and northern Oregon, a result that suggests that the ...

Map shows the Cascadia Subduction Zone along the Pacific Northwest coast ... pieces of the upper mantle are rising and modulating earthquake activity. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

Hidden off the US Western shore, beneath the Pacific Ocean, is the Cascadia Subduction Zone. This fault is capable of ...

On average, the Cascadia subduction zone produces an immense earthquake every 200 to 500 years ... Tobin and other researchers are working to map the fault's structure. Their latest study may ...

Portland is in the Cascadia Subduction Zone which hasn't produced an earthquake since 1700, but scientists say there's a 37% chance a major earthquake could rock the region within the next 50 years.

The “big one,” a 9.0 earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone could come at any moment, as The New Yorker reminded us in 2015. But most people living in Oregon didn’t need that graphic ...