A long-feared monster earthquake off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington could cause some areas to sink by more ...

A recent Virginia Tech study reveals that the Pacific Northwest faces a heightened risk of catastrophic flooding and ...

A map displays the likelihood of damaging earthquake shaking in Alaska. USGS In the last two centuries, 37 states have seen an abundance of magnitude 5 earthquakes, according to the study.

The tsunami wave from an anticipated earthquake off the West Coast could reach 100 feet and permanently flood parts of the ...

A new study from researchers at Virginia Tech says that there is an increased risk of flooding and tsunamis in the Pacific ...

A new study mapping the Cascadia Subduction Zone is giving scientists clues about the state of the fault line as the Pacific Northwest awaits a potentially catastrophic earthquake. To map the 700 ...

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Minor quakes can disrupt natural tectonic patterns deep underground and change stress landscape, new study finds ...

the Puget Sound area already faces a daunting array of seismic scenarios. A new study adds another: the possibility of a one-two earthquake punch. Using state-of-the-art tree ring and radiocarbon ...

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake gave the San Francisco Bay Area a short jolt on Monday night ... According to the USGS's epicenter map, shaking was felt as far north as the border of Solano and ...

The study, published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, concluded that in an earthquake scenario with the highest level of subsidence, or land sink, the area at ...

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