A single earthquake could cause the Pacific Northwest’s coastline to drop by as much as 6.5 feet in minutes permanently ...

A recent Virginia Tech study reveals that the Pacific Northwest faces a heightened risk of catastrophic flooding and ...

Coastal communities from northern California to British Columbia live atop the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which spans about ...

The tsunami wave from an anticipated earthquake off the West Coast could reach 100 feet and permanently flood parts of the ...

A new study from researchers at Virginia Tech says that there is an increased risk of flooding and tsunamis in the Pacific ...

By luck of geology, the Pacific Northwest coast isn’t being hit nearly as hard as other areas of the world by climate change-driven sea level rise.

A new study warns of a potential 1,000-foot mega-tsunami striking the U.S. West Coast within 50 years. Triggered by a major ...

Geologist Robert Yeats, author of 'Earthquake Time Bombs', has highlighted the risks associated with the presence of several large US cities in the Pacific Northwest's Cascadia subduction zone.

Seattle (pictured) and Portland, Oregon, are two of the cities that could be wiped off the map if a 1,000 ... floodplain following a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake has not been previously ...

The most recent risk assessment, outlined in maps published by the California ... “Coastal subsidence from the next great [Cascadia subduction zone] earthquake may produce” more than 3 feet ...

Alaska, Hawaii and areas along the mainland West Coast would be at risk if an earthquake erupts along the Cascadia subduction zone within the next 50 years.