PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed an executive order on Monday aiming to help the state prepare for earthquakes. Executive Order 25-22 directs Oregon’s Department of ...
Far below the Pacific, scientists are mapping a hidden record of catastrophe carved into the seabed by ancient Cascadia ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – January 26 marked the 325th anniversary since the last earthquake struck the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Centuries later, the ancient quake has left clues for scientists to ...
“The expansion of the coastal floodplain following a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake has not been previously quantified, ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Friday marked the 324th anniversary of the Cascadia earthquake. Doug Toomey with the University of Oregon says about 20 to 30 years ago, geologists along the coast noticed ...
The Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest has a history of producing powerful and destructive earthquakes that have sunk forests and spawned tsunamis that reached all the way to the shores ...
The so-called “Big One” or Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake expected to trigger disruptive quakes throughout the West Coast could cause more damage than previously estimated if it sets off quakes ...
Large subduction-zone earthquakes leave scars on the continental slope in the deep sea.
A study is calling into question the reliability of the earthquake record of Cascadia. The researchers analyzed a selection of turbidite layers from the Cascadia subduction zone dating back about ...