It’s a daunting challenge with the highest possible stakes should an offshore earthquake unleash a wall of incoming seawater.

Near-shore tsunamis, those triggered by earthquakes just off the coast, could pose a particularly dire risk for California’s ...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — A 2.9 magnitude earthquake was recorded early Tuesday morning near Mount Vernon. The shakes were ...

A single earthquake could cause the Pacific Northwest’s coastline to drop by as much as 6.5 feet in minutes permanently ...

Fracking operations were halted at a well pad in Noble County after the Ohio Department of Natural Resources measured a ...

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — There was a buzz in the air Friday in northwestern Washington state as about 250 million honeybees escaped a commercial truck that overturned. The truck hauling an estimated ...

Approximately 14 million bees escaped after a tractor-trailer carrying more than 70,000 pounds of pollinator hives rolled over Friday in northern Washington state, authorities said. The commercial ...

As it stands now, the best precaution for someone along Washington’s Pacific coast living in a tsunami zone is to head to higher ground once a strong earthquake is felt. Meanwhile, scientists ...

By luck of geology, the Pacific Northwest coast isn’t being hit nearly as hard as other areas of the world... Read Story ...

As of Thursday morning, that’s been the only case confirmed in Washington, and it’s unclear whether the May 15 case was in a state resident or a visitor. The case was found through the CDC’s ...

Seven people were shot at a park in Washington state on Wednesday, May 28, police said. The Lakewood Police Department said in a Facebook post that seven people, ranging from ages 16 to 38 ...

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