“Based on other studies of global subduction zones, we know these are the conditions ... quakes like the 9.1 magnitude ...

Recent subduction zone cataclysms like the 2011 Tōhoku ... others made for a larger-than-expected tsunami in the event of Indonesia’s 9.2 quake in 2004, resulting in 230,000 deaths.

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 ...

The observation that the depletion of these fore-arc lithospheres is unrelated to, and pre-dates, the inception of present-day western Pacific subduction zones demonstrates the pre-existence of ...

In remembrance of the 325th anniversary of the last time the Cascadia Subduction Zone lost its grip, on Jan. 26, 1700, wreaking havoc on the Oregon Coast, a wave-height rerun about the “Eight of the ...