S. population is "somewhat likely" to experience a damaging earthquake in the coming decades, according to recently published ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Workers check damage to Interstate 880 in Oakland after it collapsed during the Loma Prieta earthquake in October 1989. (Paul ...
The Pacific Northwest sits atop one of the most dangerous fault systems on Earth, yet daily life from Seattle to Portland ...
It’s like a plot from a Hollywood movie. A massive earthquake on one West Coast fault triggers other earthquakes far away, causing vast destruction over hundreds of miles. A new study out Tuesday ...
If the Cascadia subduction zone and the San Andreas fault can act in concert, then seismic models must consider the possibility of coupled behavior. That could mean a higher short-term risk of back-to ...
They are two of the West Coast’s most destructive generators of huge earthquakes: The San Andreas fault in California and the Cascadia subduction zone offshore of California’s North Coast, Oregon, ...
Deep-sea landslides in the Pacific Northwest's Cascadia subduction zone hold a record of earthquakes dating back 7,500 years, and similar markers may be found in other tectonic plate boundaries ...
Scientists have discovered a new seismic link between two of the West Coast's largest earthquake faults, and it could be the recipe for a major natural disaster. The study out of Oregon State ...
A 2025 study suggests that when the next "Big One" hits, coastal land could sink by up to 6 feet. That sudden drop could instantly double the number of people, homes, and roads exposed to flooding.
They are two of the West Coast's most destructive generators of huge earthquakes: the San Andreas fault in California and the Cascadia subduction zone offshore of California's North Coast, Oregon, ...
It’s like a plot from a Hollywood movie. A massive earthquake on one West Coast fault triggers other earthquakes far away, causing vast destruction over hundreds of miles. A new study released Tuesday ...