A new wildfire risk assessment tool that takes social vulnerability into account indicates that more than 400 communities in ...

We are used to seeing eruptions from the summit region of Kilauea contained to the region that is referred to as Halema‘uma‘u ...

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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 ...

Subduction zones can look permanent on a map. They run for hundreds or thousands of miles, haul oceanic crust into the mantle ...

For the first time, scientists have watched a subduction zone literally fall apart beneath the ocean floor. Using advanced ...

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SEATTLE — A swarm of offshore earthquakes that has been active since midnight poses no danger to people on land in the Pacific Northwest, according to a leading earthquake expert. Harold Tobin, ...

Metra trains to Chicago's Northwest Side and northwest suburbs were disrupted during the midday hours Tuesday after a train hit a vehicle. Metra said the front end of a vehicle went under a crossing ...

SEATTLE — Every year, musicians journey to Austin, Texas, to perform at South by Southwest. That includes several who call the Pacific Northwest home, like King Khazm and Jesse Kogita from Mid Century ...

The Pacific Northwest has lots going for it. From the wave-bashed rocks that line the Oregon coast to one of the largest rainforests in the U.S., all the way to the snow-capped volcanic peaks of the ...