Hidden off the US Western shore, beneath the Pacific Ocean, is the Cascadia Subduction Zone. This fault is capable of ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone is capable of generating powerful earthquakes. The study found compact sediments along the coast of Washington and northern Oregon, a result that suggests that the ...

Bringing a novel approach to a classic problem, researchers have revealed how changes in ocean chemistry over the past 2 billion years have left an imprint on volcanic rocks formed in island arcs ...

A volcano in western Iceland that was once dormant for 800 years has erupted for the seventh time in 2024.

A subduction zone is where tectonic plates slide on top ... "We can infer it represents the largest part of the hazard of a future earthquake rupture," Tobin said. In reality, the Big One "could ...

More specifically, subduction zones — where tectonic plates slip over and under each other — can push land to open or close oceans. Researchers found that an inactive subduction zone under the ...

Portland is in the Cascadia Subduction Zone which hasn't produced an earthquake since 1700, but scientists say there's a 37% chance a major earthquake could rock the region within the next 50 years.