Scientists discovered a crack under the sea off Vancouver Island, NFZ in Cascadia region, that could alter Pacific subduction ...

A careful analysis of the complex boundary where four tectonic plates meet reveals that one of the slabs is tearing itself ...

The discovery, made just off the coast of Vancouver Island in the Pacific Ocean, shows that a section of the oceanic crust is ...

Flooding during a Cascadia region earthquake would alter the topography and ecosystems of the coastal region for years to ...

For generations, scientists believed that the West Coast’s two great earthquake engines — the Cascadia subduction zone and ...

Down in California, the San Andreas Fault marks the boundary where the North American and Pacific plates are sliding past ...

For decades, the end-stage life of a subduction zone existed only in theory. Now, for the first time in geologic history, scientists are bearing witness to the Juan de Fuca Plate tearing apart and ...

New study reveals Earth’s crust collapse in action, offering rare insight into how tectonic plates fracture and reshape the planet.

In this article, we will explore the recent earthquakes, the underlying geological mechanisms, and the implications for the Pacific Northwest. Early on Wednesday, two earthquakes were recorded by the ...

For the first time, scientists have seen a subduction zone actively breaking apart beneath the Pacific Northwest. Seismic ...

My regular readers are going to need some context and backstory to what motivated writing this series of posts. It's a three-part series -- here is Part 2 and Part 3. I recently had an exchange with ...