Axial Seamount, an active underwater volcano located approximately 300 miles due west of Astoria, Oregon, is showing signs ...

A powerful underwater volcano known as Axial Seamount off the Oregon coast may erupt. Though scientists say it poses no ...

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

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

Alaska, Hawaii and areas along the mainland West Coast would be at risk if an earthquake erupts along the Cascadia subduction zone within the next 50 years.

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

Earthquake monitors detected a sizable shake about 170 miles off the Oregon coast near Bandon on ... The USGS has an aftershock forecast that estimates a less than 1% chance of either a 6 or ...

DON’T MISS: Farmer’s Almanac predicts winter weather in the PNW Although obviously not as destructive as the 1700 quake, since 2000 Oregon has seen a number of strong earthquakes, according to ...

Despite advances in both science and technology, it remains virtually impossible to know precisely when and where earthquakes will occur. “Earthquake prediction has always been kind of a holy ...

All the quakes recorded a depth of about 6.2 miles and no injuries were reported. A total of 19 people reported feeling them; 17 of those reports came from the 5.7 earthquake.

So, we’re talking about 600-700 miles of fault that ruptured in a single event,” said Diego Melgar, director of University of Oregon’s Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center. The ...

COOS BAY Ore. (KPTV) - On Wednesday a 6.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded off the coast of Oregon in the Pacific Ocean. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported it happened 180 miles west of ...