Viral TikToks claim that recent geomagnetic storms caused Japan's earthquake oand might predict an imminent Cascadia quake.

On our Best Fiction of 2025 list, Emma Pattee imagines Portland’s worst Earthquake in her debut novel Tilt ...

Beneath the Pacific Northwest lies the Cascadia Subduction Zone, capable of producing a megaquake so massive it could devastate Seattle, Portland, and coastal towns in minutes.

For centuries, the Cascadia Subduction Zone has lurked just offshore from Northern California to British Columbia, largely ...

New strategy outlines 16-foot waves, limited response time and infrastructure upgrades as officials push for evacuation ...

Tsunamis generated by earthquakes on the Alaska Subduction Zone are a persistent risk in the Pacific Northwest. Decisions ...

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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon scientists are leading the world in tsunami research, helping communities better understand and prepare for one of the most destructive natural forces on Earth. “It has ...

A “ghost forest” off the coast of Oregon is all that’s left of trees believed to have died during the last Cascadia subduction zone earthquake. Credit: iStock ...

Scientists have mapped a deep rip forming beneath the seafloor off Vancouver Island in the The Nootka Fault Zone (NFZ) of the Cascadia subduction margin. A new study reports a trench parallel tear ...

A life sciences panel at the Cascadia Innovation Corridor conference Oct. 29, 2025 in Seattle. From left: Marc Cummings, Life Science Washington; Dr. Bonnie Nagel, Oregon Health Sciences University; ...