A significant earthquake could lead to widespread destruction and casualties. Like Los Angeles, Seattle sits along a major fault system, the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which can potentially unleash ...

The Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge Project has been delayed until 2028 due to uncertainty on a federal level, but the ...

If an earthquake of over 9 ... if you compare this to other subduction zones, it is quite late.' Cascadia's four segments ...

One of the “worst-case scenarios” with an epicenter in southeast Missouri, near Sikeston, would be the least disastrous of ...

Blake said it’s also one of the busiest seismic zones in the country ... a phenomenon that is often associated with major earthquakes. “So, it kinda turns into this kind of quicksand where ...

Researchers have long thought that this force is the central driver of earthquakes. But another force is also in the mix: the properties of the rocks in the fault zones along the plate interface.

Washington hasn’t seen a major earthquake since the 6.8 magnitude Nisqually earthquake in 2001. The Cascadia Subduction Zone, capable of producing a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, last produced a ...

Residents along California’s North Coast will participate in Tsunami Preparedness Week from March 22 to 30, with a coordinated multi-county tsunami exercise scheduled for March 26 at 11:00 a.m.