If major earthquake hits the West Coast it could sink the land in minutes, new study warns - The region is overdue for a ...

A new study is fueling speculation and fear about the risks of a major earthquake in the Cascadia subduction zone, including ...

A big quake in the Pacific Northwest today could cause coastal land to sink rapidly — up to seven feet, a new study finds.

It's a matter of when -- not if -- a significant earthquake will shake the Pacific Northwest, and a new study says some areas ...

A nightmarish scenario for the Pacific ... powerful earthquake that could kill thousands, shattering critical bridges, destroying undersea communication cables and producing a tsunami.

The core premise of the study lies in addressing the persistent limitations of traditional tsunami prediction systems. These ...

A Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake could cause long-lasting changes to Washington’s landscape, coastline and floodplain, a ...

The likelihood of a powerful earthquake ... risk ratios. But continuing aftershocks from the massive earthquake that struck on March 11, 2011, and left nearly 20,000 people dead in the tsunami ...

A recent study found that a powerful quake off the Pacific Northwest could force the ground to sink up to 2 m, leading to ...

Chile earthquake: A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coasts of Chile and Argentina on Friday, the United ...

In some areas, the ground could sink 6 feet in the moments after an earthquake in the Pacific Northwest, researchers warned.