New evidence suggests current estimates about tsunami size and how quickly waves make it to shore may be too high and too ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world's most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology presents ...

An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 hit Nepal on Sunday morning, as reported by the National Center of Seismology (NCS). As per the NCS, the earthquake occurred at 8:21 AM Indian Standard Time (IST).

An international study has revealed how continental collisions may have supercharged the Earth's richest deposits of copper, ...

Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

Tsunami earthquakes are characterized by the generation of disproportionately large tsunamis relative to the observed ground ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone, just off the Pacific Northwest coast, is building toward a massive earthquake and tsunami. But ...

When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five minutes, and tsunami waves as tall as 100 feet could barrel toward ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone looks a little different than researchers thought. Here's what that means for 'The Big One' Although the hazards may be different, that does not mean the risk is less ...

A new study does the difficult task of trying to piece together the history of the world’s largest subduction zone.

A tsunami that never ends? Study highlights a looming West Coast risk. The tsunami wave from an anticipated earthquake off the West Coast could reach 100 feet and permanently flood parts of the coast.

The Cascadia subduction zone is a fault that stretches from Northern Vancouver Island to Cape Mendocino, California. Google Earth. Researchers from Virginia Tech found that a potential powerful ...