Understanding why some faults creep rather than sticking and causing massive earthquakes is important for gauging the future ...

For the first time, scientists have seen a subduction zone actively breaking apart beneath the Pacific Northwest. Seismic data show the oceanic plate tearing into fragments, forming microplates in a ...

A massive 9.2 magnitude earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone is long overdue, and the Pacific Northwest is dangerously unprepared for what comes next. From collapsing bridges to a 15-meter ...

A new look at the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate beneath the coast of northern Oregon suggests this subducting slab is shallower than previously thought, with impacts on potential peak ground shaking ...

A new study has found that most rare earth deposits – sources of metals essential for electronics and clean energy technologies – sit above ancient buried collision zones. These zones formed where ...

USGS scientist Erin Wirth deploys nodal seismometers in northern Oregon. The goal of this study is to better understand the hazards associated with the Cascadia Subduction Zone. A new look at the Juan ...

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DHAKA, April 15 (Reuters) - A Rohingya survivor has recounted a harrowing journey at sea after an overcrowded boat carrying refugees and Bangladeshi nationals capsized in the Andaman Sea, leaving ...

Editor's note: This article was adjusted April 14 to correct the spelling of a name. A new UW study on the Cascadia Subduction Zone was released in February 2026. The study indicated that a difference ...