A map has shown an underwater fault line that could trigger a catastrophic ... Researchers have since declared the Cascadia ...
Map shows the Cascadia Subduction Zone along the Pacific ... researchers identify seismic anomalies at both ends of the fault where they believe pieces of the upper mantle are rising and ...
The final threat of earthquakes in the Northwest comes from volcanic activity. The moving magma beneath the earth’s surface ...
In Tobin’s nightmare scenario, the Cascadia fault suddenly issues that type of ... taking care of neighbors,” Ezelle said. A ...
A new algorithm used to analyze sediment layers of the seafloor is helping scientists pinpoint the timing of past Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquakes to determine when the next big one will come.
A fault off the Pacific coast could devastate Washington, Oregon and Northern California with a major earthquake and tsunami.
Earthquake experts say current building codes don’t reflect the riskiest features of the Seattle area’s geology — but the outlook for survivability looks a lot better if the Really Big ...
The boundary between the two is known as the megathrust, or the Cascadia subduction zone, fault. “That plate-boundary ... “very low,” according to a map available on DNR’s website.
The United States Geological Survey's (USGS) community internet intensity map showed ... stress builds, the fault will rupture, releasing a massive amount of energy. The Cascadia Subduction ...
Freightliner launched a fifth-generation Cascadia on Oct. 15 after publicly showcasing the Daimler Truck North America unit’s redesigned flagship Class 8 on-highway tractor for the first time at ...
Figure 1: Map of the northern Cascadia subduction zone showing the distribution of ... The intersection of the deformation front with the SW-trending Nootka transform fault, which is characterized by ...
For decades, scientists have warned about the potential of the Cascadia Subduction Zone ... forests drowned by saltwater and limited maps of the fault. But no one had mapped the fault structure ...