For decades, the end-stage life of a subduction zone existed only in theory. Now, for the first time in geologic history, ...

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

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

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

When a slab slides beneath an overriding plate in a subduction zone, the slab takes on a property called anisotropy, meaning ...

Two earthquakes struck off the Oregon coast on Tuesday, rattling communities along the Pacific Northwest shoreline.

One of the most dangerous faults in the United States, the Cascadia Subduction Zone, may be able to trigger an earthquake on ...

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 ...

The Pacific Ring of Fire is a vast, horseshoe-shaped belt around the Pacific Ocean that is the world's most seismically and volcanically active zone. This region contains roughly 75% of the world’s ...

YACHATS, Ore. — A 5.4 magnitude earthquake was among two that struck early Wednesday morning off Oregon's coast. According to ...

A 4.9 magnitude earthquake struck in Argentina Tuesday northeast of Aconcagua, data from the United States Geological Survey ...

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