One of the most dangerous faults in the United States, the Cascadia Subduction Zone, may be able to trigger an earthquake on the San Andreas Fault, a new study says. But some scientists want more ...
For the first time, scientists have seen a subduction zone actively breaking apart beneath the Pacific Northwest. Seismic ...
Scientists have uncovered evidence that megaquakes in the Pacific Northwest might trigger California’s San Andreas Fault. A research ship’s navigational error revealed paired sediment layers showing ...
Accidental landing of a research vessel in the San Andreas zone revealed the repeating patterns tribuldite in its core.
Scientists are raising the alarm about a potential seismic catastrophe on the West Coast of North America. Recent studies ...
For the first time, scientists have directly witnessed a subduction zone -- the place where one tectonic plate plunges beneath another -- in the midst ...
The National Weather Service issued a gale warning for Bellingham Bay and the San Juan Islands from 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, through 11 a.m. Friday. That means winds between 34–47 knots are expected ...