Confirming the megathrust fault line off Haida Gwaii offers a path to improve tsunami modelling in a zone that has produced ...

The Kamchatka Peninsula earthquake may not have brought the same devastation as previous shocks, but a far more deadly ...

A mega-earthquake in this region would most likely be a market-moving event.5. North America (Cascadia) – The last mega-earthquake on this subduction zone occurred 300 years ago.

Imagine a massive wall of water slamming into the West Coast, giving residents just minutes to escape. This nightmare ...

After a tsunami advisory in WA, many are asking how much warning time we’d get if a major earthquake and tsunami were to ...

When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five minutes, and tsunami waves as tall as 100 feet could barrel toward shore.

When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five minutes, and tsunami waves as tall as 100 feet could barrel toward shore.

A megasplay fault branches upward from the subduction zone, and in the event of "The Big One," would raise the seafloor, displacing a massive amount of water closer to the coast.

The Cascadia Subduction Zone is a major fault that runs offshore from Northern California to British Columbia. Shaun Tandon/AFP via Getty Images Why It Matters The study shows that under a high ...

New research offers a clearer picture of a fault line hundreds of kilometres long off the West Coast that is predicted to generate a major earthquake and tsunami commonly known as "The Big One ...

A megasplay fault branches upward from the subduction zone, and in the event of "The Big One," would raise the seafloor, displacing a massive amount of water closer to the coast.