A recent Virginia Tech study reveals that the Pacific Northwest faces a heightened risk of catastrophic flooding and mega-tsunamis, potentially reaching 1,000 feet. The Cascadia Subduction Zone's ...

A new study mapping the Cascadia Subduction Zone is giving scientists clues about the state of the fault line as the Pacific Northwest awaits a potentially catastrophic earthquake. To map the 700 ...

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.

Mother Earth slowly reveals her secrets, and this time, it’s a fault line deep in the belly of the planet. Its name is a whopper: The Cascadia subduction zone. Its gargantuan size and potential ...

For decades, scientists have warned about the potential of the Cascadia Subduction Zone ... forests drowned by saltwater and limited maps of the fault. But no one had mapped the fault structure ...

Based on its temperature and chemistry, scientists concluded the liquid originated in the Cascadia fault line, the place where earthquakes are generated. Cascadia subduction zone.Mark Graves/The ...

Using underwater mapping techniques, scientists have mapped the Cascadia Subduction Zone - a 600-mile fault line extending from ... The subduction zone map was created using active source ...

who will be able to map scenarios in much more detail. The Cascadia subduction zone is distinct from others because of the variability in its geometry — flat in places like around Washington ...

Sub-seafloor map of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, showing depth of the fault between the eastward ... different segments of the zone. Wavy red line to right indicates the seaward edge of rigid ...

The most concerning fault line, the Cascadia Subduction Zone ... there have been small quakes recorded in Spokane. Maps published in the Journal of Geophysical Research show a series of small ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone ... cause more than $80 billion in damage. Map revealing where the most amount of damage would be inflicted along the fault line (Picture: Metro.co.uk) In the wake ...

Scientists are warning that a 1,000-foot-tall “mega tsunami” could potentially wipe a large chunk of America off the map – if a strong enough earthquake hits a specific active fault line ...