Jan. 26, 2025, marks 325 years since the last great earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone. ... At a magnitude 9, it ...

Cascadia megathrust earthquakes are caused by the Cascadia Subduction Zone that sits about 40 miles off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, where the edge of one tectonic plate is being slowly ...

The Cascadia megathrust is a massive fault thought capable of generating devastating magnitude 9 earthquakes similar to the 2011 Tohoku temblor, but its structure has long eluded scientists.

A 300-meter-high tsunami crashing into the US coast might sound like science fiction—but scientists say it's a very real ...

The second-largest earthquake in the U.S. was a magnitude-9.0 in 1700, which occurred at the Cascadia Subduction Zone, site of the leak.

Understanding the megathrust earthquake and tsunami threat potential of the Cascadia Subduction Zone is “still a work in progress” for the team behind this latest research, but as we learn ...

What we know about the seafloor leak near the Cascadia fault. Updated: Apr. 27, 2023, ... misinformation began flying about the leak’s ominous link to the region’s next megathrust earthquake.

The research, recently published in the prestigious journal Science Advances, produced the most detailed picture researchers have yet of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, an area spanning more than ...

Jan. 26, 2025, marks 325 years since the last great earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone. ... At a magnitude 9, it qualifies as a megathrust event.

Cascadia megathrust earthquakes are caused by the Cascadia Subduction Zone that sits about 40 miles off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, where the edge of one tectonic plate is being slowly ...

Cascadia megathrust earthquakes are caused by the Cascadia Subduction Zone that sits about 40 miles off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, where the edge of one tectonic plate is being slowly ...